Error message: "Desktop cannot be modified."

If I try to create files or an alias on the Desktop I receive an error message "Error... Desktop cannot be modified."
As a result I am unable to save anything to the desktop. This problem just surfaced in the past couple of days. Any ideas how to remedy this problem?
Thank you in advance.

In your home folder, select the Desktop folder then press Command+I or Control+click to bring up the Get Info window. At the bottom of that window click on the reveal arrow labeled Details. The owner of the folder should be your short name with Read & Write Access, the Group is staff with read only access and others is also read only. If those permissions are different from that click on the padlock icon and enter your password then reset the ownership and permissions to match what I gave you.

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