Desktop icons non responsive but dock and menu bar ok

I have at times had a situation where my dock is accessible and the top menu also accessible but non of the icons on the desktop can be accessed. You can click on them all you want and they do not respond. Even the disk drive (which I have displayed on the desktop) can not be accessed through the desktop but it can through the Finder via the dock. The only way to have access to the desktop icons is to go to "force quit" via the apple menu and then select "Relaunch Finder" which after complete will allow the icons on the desktop to be accessible. Does anyone know what the problem is so that I don't have to go through this each time I let the computer sit for a while?

Performance tip: Keep the Desktop clutter-free (empty, if possible)
Mac OS X's Desktop is the de facto location for downloaded files, and for many users, in-progress works that will either be organized later or deleted altogether. The desktop can also be gluttonous, however, becoming a catch-all for files that linger indefinitely.
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.
Here is Apple's take on the subject:
http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/immaculate_desktop.html

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