all of my desktop folders now contain all the desktop information and files. This happens when I create a new folder too. What can I do to restore the folders so they only have the files I have selected

I understand the problem and also need to resolve this issue. What we want is a "blank folder" to put our new file into and then name it, not one that opens with every file on the desktop (we want a blank folder).

It used to work! quite easily by clicking the desktop where a new folder (blank) would appear but now it has unwanted files it =The entire set of files from the desktop show up each time we create a new folder).Frustrating

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I'm still not sure what the problem is. The screenshot looks normal.