I can't save files to desktop in OS 10.8.2

is there some reason I can't seem to use the finder to select the desktop to save files to?

So, after a couple of hours on the phone with tech support, turns out somehow the desktop folder was being treated as a document type and terminal was the default program to open it. Never figured out why that could have happened, but had to create a new desktop folder and move all the items from the old desktop into it. So for the time being the problem is gone.

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We recently purchased/deployed a MacPro workstation w/Snow Leopard v10.6.8 to a member of our Marketing Dept. The server is bound to our Active Directory domain and the domain user account has local admin rights.
We copied files over from another Mac. However, this user can only save to his desktop and not directly to other folders on the HDD. He can copy files from the desktop to other folders, but is prompted for admin credentials each time.
I've located the following article that discusses the "Repair Privileges" utility, but I hesistate to proceeed without being a little more certain.
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TIA, Tom W.

Hey Niel,
Your suggestion along with this article seems to have been the answer:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2963
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It was just a hunch that MircoNetFrame was causing the problem. I disabled it as you suggested, and I still have the problem.
I just changed under Tools>Options> General - had checked "ask me every time" under downloads, so instead of asking me, FF saved the download to I know not where. It no longer saves it to the desktop, leaving a duplicate in "my documents".
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I Have a lot of problems with the Illustrator CC 2014. And it freaks me out. I have no idea how to reach Adobe. I've tried another Adobe forum but haven't heard anything.. I would appreciate some sort of help. Or if someone knows where to post the question?
1) First of all can't save files… I wish this could be the number one feature in a design app but apparently not..
I got "unknown error " and all work spent is gone forever. This happens a lot.
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Did you install fully on both computers (after upgrading the OS if relevant)?
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Back up all data.
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