Desktop Problems(Icons not showing up) Not Active?

I turned my computer on the other day, and none of the icons on my desktop showed up at all. And I can't even put anything on the actual desktop. All the destop items are still in my finder (still under the desktop tab) but they are still not on the actual desktop, I can't even put anything on them. I did use the trail of the program cocktail to change around expose a little bit so I didn't know if that was it, I tried to change it to default on cocktail with no luck, so I think it must be some other issue still. Any help would be great, thank you.

Hi deltagay!
Does the Hard Drive icon still appear on the Desktop?
If you have more than one user account on the MBP, make sure that you are logged in with your user account.
If you are logged in to the correct account, and the icons are still not apparent, did you by any chance change the Short Name, of your user account?
If so, the info, in one or more, of the articles linked to below, may be helpful.
Return to Default Desktop, Apparent "Loss" of Home Directory
My home folder and desktop are different than before
Recover from renaming your Home folder, authored by Dr Smoke
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