Desktop icon duplicates itself in my safe file dialog

This is something that's been puzzling me for a while. Every once in a while my Desktop icon duplicates itself in my safe file dialog. I don't know when this happens, but I'm unable to remove them and it keeps growing and growing. Can anyone help me with a solution to stopping it? See link to image for example:
http://www.diphthong.com/desktopdupexample.jpg

Hi there:
That's an odd and unusual problem; and if you have tried resolving it
in any way, what you have tried would be helpful to note, so as to
not duplicate anything in reference you may have done already...
Have you tried to 'repair disk' - and also - 'repair disk permissions'
from Disk Utility? The version in the Install-Boot disk is most likely
to be able to fix this issue. Another possibility is listed right below.
{You could also see if simply holding the Shift key on a routine startup
until a login window and the words SafeBoot appear. Login, and then
when the desktop appears, choose from GO in the Finder menu, to
visit the Utilities (folder) and choose to run Disk Utility's first aid on
the Mac HD from there. Have it 'repair disk permission's, then quit
Disk Utility, and restart normally. This can fix a few things.} If not:
If you haven't tried booting the computer from the Installer OS X
disc (disc1 of the current OS in the computer) you could do that
by inserting the disc into the computer's optical drive and choose
to start or restart, and hold the C key down all the while this loads.
That may be awhile. The installer will likely show a language screen
once booted from, and it often chooses the default language in US
as english; so you should be able to ignore choosing a language.
The Disk Utility on this Installer disc is accessed by clicking on
menu bar titles in the Installer's header, the drop down menus will
have options to choose from; do not run the Installer itself.
There also are some shareware utilities, that can for a price, allow
the user to delve into several things that go beyond your symptom.
One that may work (though something free or already in your system
may be available) is called "File Buddy 9.0.1" a shareware utility, see:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11688
And there probably are other things to try; hopefully someone has a
shortcut idea that can get into this. Also, if you don't do routine things
to help maintain the OS X system, you should; beyond repair disk
permissions and other basic stuff. If you have and use OnyX from
Titanium Software to routinely run their Automation selection of items
then keep doing that, and restart after it runs. This can be set to do so.
Good luck & happy computing!
PS: I started posting this some time ago...
and was interrupted. Sorry for the duplication!
(edited.)

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