Desktop not set as Desktop folder??

My desktop folder is being shown as my home folder for some reason...is there any way to get the desktop folder to be set as the desktop folder? Is there some kind of file I need to edit?

What file manager are you using? I recall Nautilus having a setting along the lines of "use home folder as desktop" in gconf.

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