Odd Desktop behaviour...

[Skweeky]

Hi All,

I've just noticed that I'm having a few odd problems with access to my desktop.
(Leopard 10.5.5)

For instance;

1. Even though my Finder prefs allows visibilty of DVDs and HD's on the desktop, nothing is displayed.

2. I have a folder that I can see in the finder sidebar for Desktop, but again I cannot see it on the desktop.

3. I can't drag anything to the desktop, if I try, the file springs back to the source folder.

Can anyone shed any light on what the problem might be?

btw, I'm a recent switcher from Windows, so my knowledge of OS X is somewhat limited.

Many thanks,

Bob.

 

[richard.mac]

try trashing com.apple.desktop.plist in home/Library/Preferences and relaunching Finder by option-right clicking on its dock icon.

 

[Skweeky]

Thanks for that richthomas, but unfortunately it didn't fix the problem.

 

[Skweeky]

[Solved] Odd Desktop behaviour...

Aha! Sorted it. The culprit was some Tinkertool left-overs.