All Desktop Folders COPY items to and from, not move

I just installed 10.6 on one of my computers, my tricked-out Mac Pro.... but now when I go to move anything in or out of any of the desktop folders, the files COPY to the desktop and do not MOVE to the desktop.
I have looked for some setting and can't find it. This is just really weird... do I need to re-install?

Hey CT, I'm have the same problem which is how I found you guys tonight talking about this. I used to be annoyed enough when XP or Vista took 45 mins to "move" 3 GB of data but I fell out out of my chair when 10.6 wanted to take 8 hours to copy 80GB from one folder up one level to the top directory. I was so baffeled and ******, I put a fan on the MacBook Pro and went to the gym when it "COPIED" one level up.
I do have a contact at Apple and would love to get to the bottom of this because this is something I can't even bring up at a party with PC people at!!

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