Desktop items showing only in finder; not on desktop

[swindmill]

Items placed on my desktop are suddenly only showing in the finder and no longer showing up on my desktop. How do I fix this?

 

[mad jew]

Have you checked the Finder preferences to make sure all the boxes are still ticked?

 

[Jaffa Cake]

If that doesn't sort the problem, you could try relaunching the Finder through 'Force Quit' (under the Apple Menu) and seeing if that does the trick.

 

[swindmill]

It was unchecked in Finder preferences, but after checking it, it would immediately uncheck itself. So, I then relaunched the finder and it seems fine now. I just realized that it was showing up as a folder in the finder instead of a desdtop icon. I'm not sure how that happened, but it's fine now. -thanks