Can't write to desktop. I get Error Code -36.

I recently had a battery problem where my black MacBook unexpected powered off in the middle what I was doing. After restart, I noticed right away that the desktop image was different, and I couldn't change it. A call to Apple got my battery replaced, and the tech support person recommended that I do an archive and reinstall. That helped with some of the problems I was having, but a lingering issue I'm having is that I cannot write to the Desktop. Whenever I try to copy to the Desktop, I get an error with the yellow ! triangle reading, "The Finder cannot complete ther operation because some data in "Filename" could not be read or written. (Error code -36)"
On what I suspect is a related note, I have not been able to turn off Filevault due to a file read/write error.
I am othewise able to use my computer, and another account I have on the same machine seems not to be affected.
I would hugely appreciate any help anyone can offer.

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