My iMac opens to a file and not a home page.  How do I make it open to my desktop?

I must have inadvertantly changed something on my iMac (running 10.9).  When the computer starts up it briefly shows the home screen then, immediately, it goes to some type of file.   How do I get it to open in my desktop again?

Obviously, I have told the computer to open a folder at startup
Mac OS has had the behavior that if you have a window open at shutdown, it will automatically have that window open at startup - for your convencience. If you do not want that, there is no need to have a folder open at startup and you can easily avoid that. As mende1 said, make sure you quit (that is Command + Q or File > Quit) all applications before shutdown. And, close all open Finder windows by pressing the little red button in the upper left corner. Also check your System Preferences > General > Close all windows when quitting an application.

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