Cannot put Documents folder into Finder sidebar

[desertman]

I could swear that I had for a long time my Documents folder in my Finder windows sidebar. Now it has disappeared from the sidebar and I cannot drag it back there - whenever I try it simply does not stick there. Other folders I can still put there and hard drive, Applications, MyUserFolder, Downloads, and several other folders are in the sidebar as they have always been.

What is going on here - or am I fantasizing and nobody can have the Documents folder in the sidebar?

 

[DeltaMac]

Try opening your Finder preferences, then Sidebar tab. You should see a list of various standard items in your Sidebar, one of which is Documents. That's the Documents folder in your own user folder. Is that the Documents folder that you want in your Sidebar? Just select it there, and it will appear in your sidebar. Toggle it off, then back on. Should instantly change in the sidebar.

 

[desertman]

Thanks! That fixed it - somehow. I have now the Documents folder at the bottom of the sidebar, and when I try to drag it up it disappears again. I then deleted everything from the sidebar and started fresh to add folders in Finder preferences. This works well with Applications, User, Desktop, Documents - and everything screws up again when I add also Downloads (or any other folder that is in the Documents folder).

Very weird indeed! I would be grateful if somebody kows a fix for this.