Desktop disfunctional following Inkwell fix

Hello,
A complicated question I think:
I recently installed Wacom's Bamboo Pen & Touch graphics tablet, which seems to function normally after a day of use.
However, like many others, I found I had troubles activating the 'scratchpad' (e.g. Inkwell) that works in tandem with Apple's Ink program (which appears in the System Preference panes once Bamboo is plugged in).
I followed links through the Apple forums and found http://www.magesw.com/inkbook/support.php
I successfully downloaded and used their "inkBook" program.
But I also followed the instructions here http://support.apple.com/kb/TA25180?viewlocale=en_US
to restore the Apple InkWell scratchpad to it's full functionality on my OS X 10.5.8
My problem now is that my actual desktop shows no icons (files nor the HD icon nor right-click functionality), even though -- through Finder -- all those are accessible.
Help?!

Hello,
First, Safe Boot , (holding Shift key down at bootup), use Disk Utility from there to Repair Permissions, test if things work OK in Safe Mode.
Then move these files to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.desktop.plist
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Preferences/com.apple.recentitems.plist
Reboot & test.
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.

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