03-29-2006, 05:02 AM
I have no better advice than what Larry offered to help, except to remind one and all that you SHOULD NEVER EVER KEEP REAL FILES ON THE DESKTOP.
There are four sound, logical reasons for this:
1. Too easy to "accidentally" throw away.
2. Applications kept on the desktop cannot be updated via Software Update.
3. ~/Desktop is a different class of file than "normal" folders and, if corrupted, can be VERY difficult to recover from.
4. Each non-alias icon on the Desktop is treated as a full-blown window, meaning that each new icon LITERALLY slows your machine down (the effect can be quite dramatic if you keep folders with LOTS of subfolders on the desktop)
There are four sound, logical reasons for this:
1. Too easy to "accidentally" throw away.
2. Applications kept on the desktop cannot be updated via Software Update.
3. ~/Desktop is a different class of file than "normal" folders and, if corrupted, can be VERY difficult to recover from.
4. Each non-alias icon on the Desktop is treated as a full-blown window, meaning that each new icon LITERALLY slows your machine down (the effect can be quite dramatic if you keep folders with LOTS of subfolders on the desktop)