Desktop folder has become a "package" mac os x v 10.7.2

My Desktop folder has become a "package"; each time I click this "folder" it launchs the aplication "Terminal".

Lynn, try to relax. There is nothing about the upgrade itself that would cause those problems.
In here, you'll find tons of problems, it is the ER for 10.7 problems. Most users upgrade with no issues at all and don't ever come here.
Usually, problems are pre-exisisting and are exacerbated by the update process. I know that isn't what you want to hear but it's true. Did you run Disk Utility > Repair Disk before updating?
Have you tried starting up in Safe Mode and test?
Do you have any existing backup? Are they WD drives?
There are new items on the Dock in 10.7 and if you don't want them just drag them off and "poof" them.

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