# Solid FileManager app not working

**URL:** <https://forum.solidproject.org/t/solid-filemanager-app-not-working/6364>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [March 16, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/solid-filemanager-app-not-working/6364 "2023-03-16T05:13:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rebu.Thomas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/rebu.thomas/32/3903_2.png) [@Rebu.Thomas](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/Rebu.Thomas)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/solid-filemanager-app-not-working/6364/1 "2023-03-16T05:13:20Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to connect to pod hosted in my local solid server using solid filemanager. But I am not able to create a folder or upload files. Any help on this would be appreciable. The screenshot is attached for ready reference.

 ![sc](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/uploads/solidproject/original/2X/d/df83d62dbabb7d6f76dbde22f43cd04aaf83e0d4.png)

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**Author:** ![A\_A](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/a_a/32/786_2.png) [@A\_A](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/A_A)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 8:29am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/solid-filemanager-app-not-working/6364/2 "2023-03-16T08:29:12Z")

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I’ve tested creating a folder and it worked without problems. I’ve tried following steps:

1. start `npx community-solid-server` locally
2. create account “test” at [http://localhost:3000/idp/register/](http://localhost:3000/idp/register/)
3. open [Solid Filemanager](https://otto-aa.github.io/solid-filemanager/)
4. login at [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/) with “test” account
5. open [http://localhost:3000/test/](http://localhost:3000/test/) as root folder
6. Create Folder, type “testomato”
7. Save
8. New folder is displayed (but it thinks it’s a file, the CSS in-memory storage does not provide the necessary information to distinguish)

Can you clarify what steps are different for you and also try if the above steps work for you?

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**Author:** ![A\_A](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/a_a/32/786_2.png) [@A\_A](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/A_A)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/solid-filemanager-app-not-working/6364/3 "2023-03-16T08:33:38Z")

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And in the meantime you can use another app, like [Penny](https://penny.vincenttunru.com/), [Mashlib](https://solidos.github.io/mashlib/dist/browse.html), [PodPro](https://podpro.dev/) or [Solid-Content-Manager](https://jeff-zucker.github.io/solid-content-manager/) to browse your pod and create files. There are a lot of them 😃