Desktop and document folders (System settings) will not turn on.

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• Open Finder.
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• Hold down Option and click Go in the top menu bar, while continuing to hold the Option key down.
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• Click on Library.
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• Find and click on Preferences.
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• Delete any files named com.apple.finder.plist — and any files that contain that phrase in their filenames.
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• Restart your computer or log out and back into your user account.
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• Empty your Trash.
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• Open Finder and see if Favorites reappears.
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• Open Activity Monitor. It should be in a Launchpad folder called Other if you haven’t put it elsewhere.
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• Scroll around until you find the process called sharedfileslitd.
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• Click on the X box in the upper-right-hand corner of Activity Monitor.
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• A new dialog box should pop up. Click on Force Quit.
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• If you have more than one process with the same file name (like in the image above), try force quitting both of them.
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• Relaunch Finder.
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SpaceDude2 wrote:

No Desktop or Documents only just the mention above.

These did not work.

I have no idea of the doubling of folders. I did try some things to recreate them but I still get the popups can't be found on documents or Desktop folder. On my iCloud account they are there and I delete them (documents and Desktop) and iCloud recreates them which I would think it would so its working properly.

But on my Mac i can not bring them back to life.

((( Reference website ))) https://appletoolbox.com/how-to-fix-a-missing-favorites-section-in-the-mac-finder-sidebar/#:~:text=Delete%20any%20files%20named%20com.apple.finder.plist%20%E2%80%94%20and%20any,Trash.%20Open%20Finder%20and%20see%20if%20Favorites%20reappears.

I just re-did the **** thing in april argh#$$Y@%%Y$@!

Delete or moved documents or desktop folder from icloud backups should never be allowed!!!!

If each folder is that important why allow move or deletion... i dont get it...

Going the Disk utility route. Im done.. or Usb stick here i come...argh@#$@% b.s

Only listed as Documents-my-name mac mini...and Desktop-my-name mac mini folders.

Not Documents or Desktop only.

yes possibly i moved them.