Hello! I don't know if it's a bug or if it's a lack of feature. Either way I'm posting it here. When I copy a file from a folder and I try to paste it on the Desktop the "paste" option on the menu (right click) is disabled. If I use thunar and access the Desktop there I can paste just fine. Thanks
fwunix, You may want to check out Bug 3804, https://bugzilla.xfce.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3804 . There's a proposed patch that may solve your problem, if you want to test it out.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 3804 ***