I sent you a message, explaining that I have used macs for years, and used VLC for years.
VLC always displayed the DESKTOP as one selection in the drop menu via OPEN FILE.
Now it does not do that.
When I ' OPEN FILE ', VLC does not see or show my desktop.
This is just weird. My external drive icon is on desktop, but
VLC does not show desktop, huh ?
I reinstalled 4 times, etc.
I don't know how to troubleshoot this odd behaviour.