Can't Share Desktop, Downloads or Documents

Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not a stranger at all to file sharing and believe that I tried everything on the list you referred me to. Nonetheless, I went through it again.

Since File Sharing is working for everything except Desktop, Documents and Downloads, I tried adding the Desktop folder to the Shared Folders list. Oddly that also added a Desktop user in the adjacent pane. I made sure that the right users (me) had access.

On my other computers the file sharing took a step in the wrong direction. Now all shared folders could be selected but provided no access. All they showed when selected was a folder icon with three stick figures. I believe that indicates it's shared. But I couldn't get into anything.

I removed Desktop from the list of users in the sharing setup and saw no difference. When I removed Desktop from the list of shared files, I regained access to what had been accessible before, but still not to the three folders I'm after.

So I tried adding my user folder to the list of shared files. I could access it from the other computers, but again, can't get into those same three. !!?

Both of my other computers provide full access when the entire drive is selected and shared. One is also on Monterey so I can't say it's the OS. This MacBook is the first one I've dealt with that won't share the Desktop.

I've compared the Sharing preferences pane between the two Monterey computers over and over and cannot find anything different about them. Get Info on the two drives shows the MacintoshHD on each has Sharing checked.

Thanks again for the effort.

That's one iCloud setting I do not use ever since finding it too confusing as to where my files were actually located. I do use many other features of iCloud though.

I did run Disk Utility's repair on the two Monterey computers ( I also did a clean install TWICE on the unsharing MacBook) but nothing changed. The MacBook alone will not share Desktop, Documents, and Downloads from my user folder. Everything else on this MacBook shares just fine.

I am the sole user and an Administrator on all of my computers and logged in with the same username, etc.

I will contact support, thanks.

A note worth adding, this morning I noticed that when I connect to the MacBook, there are two other folders showing. Both show the full contents of the MacBook's hard drive and DO allow me to burrow down and into the folders I've been trying to access via sharing. They are named .cs.ecfm.temp.dir. then an individual code on each, one being cX08gN5

They are not current and have no Get Info available.

Meantime, my shared user folder is still listed as expected and still refuses to give me access to the Desktop.

Thank You!! That did it.

Apple support couldn't figure it out and after an hour wanted me to try my third clean install. Fortunately, I didn't get to it before your suggestion showed up.