Desktop items dissapeared(if not extinguished)!

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antmel

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I was ''resizing'' a movie(empire of the wolves) using dvd2one 1.4.2 on my dual 1.8 G5-10.3.9- but the app couldn't complete the task(unfortunatelly i don't remember the message).
I tried it once more,and before even started reading the video TS folder the WHOLE system freezed.
I couldn't even force quit the app or command tabing jump to another app,so i restarted from the power button.
Surprize:EVERY SINGLE desktop item(folders,actions,droplets etc) apart from the 2 disks weren't there.
I made a quick search didn't find any,so i tried copying a folder from the 2nd disk-where i'm running 10.4.4-but i was asked to replace the existing(!) folder.
I ''replace'' it but just as soon the copy ended the folder dissapeared from the desktop.
I made a new folder it vanished as well!
Permission checked and fixed,restart nothing changed!!!!
Any suggestions?
-since i didn't find a similar thread -
Thanx in advance! :-)
 
Not that it's any help but I had the same thing happen to me. I had a very recent backup so I just restored. (Kind of like killing an ant with a shotgun.)

It only affected one account, the others were fine so I'd try deleting:

Users/youruser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist

If that doesn't help then delete:

/Users/youruser/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

I backed up the wonky system and I'd try these things myself running off that disk but I overwrote it last night before I did the 10.4.5 upgrade. I was saving it to experiment on but your post came about a half day too late.
 
It's an odd kind of a problem. Everything works but the Desktop and as I said the other user accounts were fine. It can't be a big problem, just elusive.

I could negotiate via the finder but I couldn't drag anything to the Desktop. The Desktop folder still exists. Same for you?

It happened to me when I was messing around uninstalling and reinstalling Flip4Mac.
 
Grayed out? Hmm... you should be able to see other user's Desktop folders in Finder windows but not be able to open them.
 
come to thing of it the gray desktop folder will be the least of my concerns.
Just found out my entire music folder is missing.
Thanx again anyway!
 
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