Entire Desktop Documents Disappear!!!

I sure hope someone can help me as I'm about to go into panic attack mode (yes I have a backup, but it's from 3 weeks ago!!!)....
I was working on my Al PB tonight (OS 10.3.9) and went to open my QuickBooks application. Suddenly, I get a message stating my update won't work because I need at least 100 bytes of HD space and I don't have enough. Actually, my PB ha over 40 GB left!!!
Anyway, I go to quit out of the program and suddenly all the documents saved on my Desktop disappear! Gone! I went to check in the HD icon and nothing...did searches on documents saved on the Desktop....results = 0!!!!
I went to reboot the computer and I restored the desktop documents from my back-up discs...I tried again to open QB...my entire desktop disappeared again!! I tried to download the WhatSize application...it won't open on my desktop! I get an error message and it quits out.
Please help! Everything inside the Macntosh HD icon is intact...the documents folder, my prefs, my music, my pictures.....just the desktop stuff keeps disappearing on me....HELP!!!!

I've been up 1/2 the night with this one...this is what I found:
http://quickbooksgroup.com/webx/forums/mac/1907/0
I called them this morning and they're working on a patch. I was also told that "really" our files haven't been deleted, but the patch is preventing us from being able to "see" our files and they're working on this too....
In the meantime, I restored my information to a folder on my Documents folder (not the Desktop) and followed the directions to the QB program, so I could use it without getting the error message and the deleted desktop...
Hope it helps somewhat...

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