Cannot create file when trying to download

Have an early 2006 iMac 17 inch with Intel chip running OSX 10-47 using Safari
Quite suddenly, when I try to download anything (widgets, any applications etc) I now get the error message "Cannot create file" and am unable to download.
Safari used to work fine but now won't let me download anything!
Help!
Chris
Intel chip iMac 17 inch   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   Early 2006 iMac

It still sounds like you are trying to download to a
folder with insufficient permissions to allow you to
create files.
Try creating a new folder on your Desktop, say
Downloads for example, and change the Safari
preferences so that this is the download location.
Now when you try to download, does it still fail?
If it does fail, try using Safari in another user
account.
This will help us to know whether your problem is
local to your account or system wide. If you don't
have another account you can use System Preferences
-> Accounts -> [+] to create a test one (and [-] to
remove it if needed)
OK I followed the suggestion and created a new folder for downloads in my own home directory as suggested and lo and behold, I can now download again!
Thanks!
However, how did I suddenly lose permission to download to my desktop?

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