Cannot drag and drop from OS X 10.4.3 to Classic

Hi - I have an iBook with Tiger 10.4.3 and I have a Classic app. that I want to drag images from my desktop to my classic app. - It's almost like its blocked. I have tried to load the file within the application and nothing happens. In this iBook setup - Classic is not listed as a startup disk and the desktop folder for classic is hidden. When I added the Classic install in 10.4.3, OS 9 Classic Desktop Folder alias did not appear on my desktop and according to some Apple tech articles this is not unusual for some configurations. It also discussed that the Classic desktop folder is hidden. But does not offer solutions to unhide it. Can that file folder be unhidden? I am so frustrated because I remember having this kind of a problem a long time ago with my iMac, an earlier version of OS X and Classic. I have also tried to update Carbonlib to the newest 1.6 because I did find some forums that talked about carbon applications and this type of problem - however not exactly. When I installed the carbonlib update, the update stated the installation was not necessary. Any ideas?

Thanks a bunch for your help. It helped a little, but I don't think its going across. But what you told me about the volumes, was similar, except the path omitted the word volumes. You confirmed what I had begun to find out. What's really strange, is that I am not seeing standard desktop icons for Classic in that folder. So I am not sure I am actually seeing the desktop altogether. It was mentioned in one of the Mac support pages that with the hidden folders you will not see the desktop contents since the folder is hidden. It is now unhidden. I understand that with some of the Macs this is normal, but I think that it creates this type of problem. Now I am going to load a graphics app on the classic side to see if I at least save a graphic within classic, that I will be able to copy it into another classic application. At least that will confirm if it is a classic problem or the application that I have been trying to do the dragging into.
I appreciate your taking the time to help. I tried the stickies idea too without the success I had hoped for. I am still having a problem with this application loading the graphics. I will keep working on it. I am determined to get this right.

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