Can I put the phone icon in a folder on my phone and have it still work

Question

I was wondering if I could put the actual phone app in a folder can I still use it to make calls even though it's in a folder

Answer 1

Variation on a theme, roybens: The only place the folder named Desktop 'is', is in your very own Home folder, which bears your shortname and is found under Users. If there's a folder called simply "Desktop" (spelling counts) in that place, AND if it contains each and every one of the items that are littered about your screen, then that IS your Desktop folder—it's just got a wee icon malfunction. Typical of Finder, not to worry.
Finder cannot work w/o a Desktop for every user, and creates a new folder when you trash the old. Sometimes, OK often, Finder's gets outta sync a bit, and it takes the new folder awhile to show up, or you may try to make one. Finder then adds numbers if it finds there's already an item named Desktop there.
More critically, what's still in that Desktop in the trash that you still want? Whatever it is get it out and into a safe place. Likewise, make sure using Get Info… that the items you see on the desktop are in Users/roybens/Desktop and not in Users/roybens/Trash/Desktop. Move'em or copy them.
Perhaps you found no Desktop in your home folder? Then make one and call that the safe place. Or maybe you found a folder called "Desktop 21-34-76" or the like; strip off the numbers and do as above. You may have to open and close the Home window a coupla times to nudge Finder along. As long as you have the stuff, it's up to you whether you put everything back into the folder called Desktop now or later. While you're tidying,you can poof the Sidebar and Dock DTs if you hav'em.
Once you're confident that nothing's missing. Log out and back in or Restart, and do your maintenance. What you should see is that the new Desktop has been blessed w/ the Desktop icon, while the one in the Trash is generic. Create a couple of new empty folders called Desktop and chuck 'em in to the trash to see the numbering thing, if you're feeling giddy. Or just reset your Sidebar and Dock and get back to business.
Message was edited by: Ed Hanna