Desktop crashing when files dragged onto it

I have a problem with my iMac 27 and can't find a solution.
All of a sudden the finder crashed and kept opening a window asking to restore or close a window. Clicking on either button did no good. I did some searching and found it was probably the Desktop so with Terminal I cleaned everything off with the 'sudo rm -f…' command and it stopped the Finder crashing. But now I can't put anything on the Desktop. As soon I do the same problem comes back. Any ideas?

Put the name of one of the items it contained into the Search field in a Finder window and try locating it from there. Items in the Dock are shortcuts, not actual files/folders; the item they link to is stored elsewhere.
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We deleted all our .DS_Store files and Finder prefs/plists but folders still move when an image is dragged to them. We see this on both our two MacBook Pros, and even with a newly created account.
A workaround is to use "Save Image As..." instead of dragging but ten+ years of habit and muscle memory make this undoable.
Has anyone else seen this and can anyone suggest a solution?

Not a solution but possible prevention:
Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible)
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Unfortunately - aside from the effect of disarray it creates - keeping dozens or hundreds of files on the Desktop can significantly degrade performance. Not necessarily because the system is sluggish with regard to rendering the icons on the desktop and storing them in memory persistently (which may be true in some cases), but more likely because keeping an excessive number of items on the Desktop can cause the windowserver process to generate reams of logfiles, which obviously draws resources away from other system tasks. Each of your icons on your desktop is stored as a window in the window server, not as an alias. The more you have stored, the more strain it puts on the window server. Check your desktop for unnecessary icons and clear them out.
Keeping as few items as possible on the Desktop can prove a surprisingly effective performance boon. Even creating a single folder on your Desktop and placing all current and future clutter inside, then logging out and back in can provide an immediately noticeable speed boost, particularly for the Finder.
And it is why Apple invented 'Stacks' for Leopard.

I have a folder and 3 files stuck on my desktop. When I drag them to the trash I am asked to enter my administrator's password. I do this but the files and folder will not delete. I have checked 'Get Info' on each of them and they are not locked?

I have an empty folder and 3 .jpg files stuck on my desktop. When I drag them to the trash I am asked to enter my administrator's password. I do this but the files and folder will not delete. I have checked 'Get Info' on each of them and they are not locked and I have full read & write access. Grateful for any assistance in solving this problem.

Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below to select it:
ls -@Oaen De* | open -f -a TextEdit
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Post the contents of that window, if any — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.
If any personal information appears in the output, anonymize before posting, but don’t remove the context.

Remote Desktop Crashes When trying to log-in after changing password on the remote computer

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I use cisco VPN to connect to my work computer.
I can use RDC to connect to any computer on home network without issue.
Yesterday I changed to password on my work computer and now every time I try to log from my home computer RDC crashes.
I've disabled printing/clipboard on local devices and resourses, and I've deleted all the RDC cache files on the computer but I continue to have the same issues.
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http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-winapps/remote-desktop-crashes-when-trying-to-log-in-after/cc45b7be-62ee-4f83-b50b-db028ee32a7f

Hi hg,
I didn’t found relevant settings in remote desktop connection manager, I checked the “Use multiple monitors when necessary” under tools->options, but seems like it is used for span a full screen over multiple monitors. For now I’d suggest figuring out
why your remote session keeps crushing.
I suspect the crash is not related to password changing, similar cases normally occurs after some local device driver, please try to disable the local printer in Remote desktop connection local resources first.
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D. Wu
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Skype Desktop crashes when it connects to the Inte...

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[Solved] KDE desktop crashed when i close the flash music player

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DxDiag.zip ‏14 KB

FS_13 wrote:
If this will help, here is the error from the Even Log.
Faulting application name: Skype.exe, version: 7.5.0.102, time stamp: 0x556dd64c
Faulting module name: MFReadWrite.dll, version: 12.0.9600.17039, time stamp: 0x53156bcd
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00041c32
Faulting process id: 0xb80
Faulting application start time: 0x01d0a21c833c7c11
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\MFReadWrite.dll
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http://community.skype.com/t5/Windows-desktop-client/Skype-crashing-on-startup/m-p/3950566#M340367
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