Cannot place folders on left hand side of desktop

I don't use Stage Manager, but it seems to reserve that area for it's own use:

If you don't want to use Stage Manager, turn it off in System Settings > Desktop & Dock:

preview_sadness wrote:

After updating to Tahoe 26.0, I cannot place folder icons in a certain region of my desktop.

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Did you try turning off all those left side options— Stage Manger/ Widgets/ etc...(?) and compare your results

Open a new Desktop and compare if necessary(?)

I do not have the issue—

I do not have that issue. Have you tried restarting your Mac?

See if the problem is present when you boot in safe mode, which disables 3rd party extensions and performs some system cleanup.

Start up your Mac in safe mode - Apple Support

Did you try Safe Mode?

preview_sadness wrote:

Huh. I changed my settings to exactly match yours, restarted my computer, and still have the issues. Am I missing something?

Have you shut down and restarted the Mac to compare your results...

>Shut Down

I also have this issue and made a post about it earlier today. I also have made sure everything that could evoke Stage Manager is turned off (precisely same settings as pictured above) and have tried force-quitting the Finder and restarting the Mac. I've also twiddled with Desktop preferences (Icon size, Sort by, Grid spacing). Nothing makes any difference.

This is really irritating; I'm used to having certain folders placed in certain locations along the left side for easy reference. This has always worked fine until the Tahoe upgrade. I'm hoping it's a sporadic bug they'll fix.

Not to beat a dead horse but works for me as well.