Pulling app from trash onto desktop only creates an alias?

There is a chap on the iMovie forum with a problem nobody seems able to address.

He put iMovie in the trash but whenever he tries to drag it onto the desktop it is merely an alias.

Any ideas?

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Posted on Jun 7, 2022 1:30 AM

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Jun 7, 2022 1:57 AM in response to Ian R. Brown

I will go there and see if I can help.

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