OS X Tiger, icons embedded from dock to desktop

[needinghelp]

In setting up my new powerbook and moving things onto and off of the dock, I inadvertently dragged both Finder and Dashboard off - at which point they /did/ disappear from the dock, as expected, but smaller versions of their icons appeared on my desktop - and I can't figure out how to get rid of them. I looked in the ~/Desktop/ directory, but didn't find anything that looked unduly suspicious; also checked some of the preferences options in both Finder, Desktop, and Dock to no avail. Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help you would provide would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again!

 

[Mikuro]

That's very strange, because normally you cannot drag the Finder. It's always the top item in the Dock. Have you tried logging out? I imagine that would at least bring the Finder back to the Dock.

To get Dashboard back in the Dock, open your /Applications folder and drag Dashboard to the Dock.

As for the new items on the desktop....what exactly are they? Files? Or just floating images? It's strange behavior any way you look at it, so I'm not sure what to say.

 

[needinghelp]

Doing the first thing that comes to mind when I encounter an intractible problem, simply restarting the computer seems to have eliminated the unwanted mini embedded icons. Thanks for having the forum!