problem with my desk top

[paulbickley@sli]

ok i've deleted my desktop icon be accident, and now my ibook is going crazy wont let me, place anything on the desktop, it says that the "desktop can not be modified" and if i try to make a new folder from the finder it says a un "expected error occured 8055" so i went into prefrences to see if the icon was not ticked as showin in the side bar, it was not so i ticked the box but this still made no difference.

i still cant place anything on my dsektop.

i running mac osx v 10.4.4 1.42 GHz powerpc G4
with 512 ram.

can anyone tell me how to recover the desktop icon that i deleted in the trash or how to fix my problem.


thaknks
Paul

paulbickley@slingshot.co.nz

 

[fryke]

I guess you actually deleted the *folder* named "Desktop", in which all of the files on your desktop should reside. You can try to create _that_ again inside your user's "home" folder:

/Users/[YOURUSERSHORTNAME]/Desktop

... is where that folder should be.

 

[barhar]

You can create a new folder and rename it 'Desktop' (and even drag items onto the 'Desktop' folder - which will only appear on the 'Desktop' after logging out and then logging in); however, when you (attempt to) drag items onto the 'Desktop' itself (from say a volume or folder) - the cursor will change to include a circle with diagonal slash, and an Alert box will appear stating you cannot perform that action.

What to do:
From the 'Apple' menu select the 'Shut Down...' menu item, and then the 'Shut Down' button of the window that appears.

After the Mac has turned OFF for several (5 or so) seconds, turn it ON.

Once the Mac has finished booting up, look inside your user's home folder.
A new usable 'Desktop' folder, with the proper icon displayed, will be present.
You can now use the 'Desktop', and the related 'Desktop' folder, as you have previously.