Finder icon stuck on desktop

Hi all. My Finder icon is stuck on the desktop, can't be clicked and dragged and shows through all open windows. I read a post where the same exact thing happened to someone else and a response suggested he/she start a "test" account and see if the same issue existed. Miraculously, everything went back to normal after this.
My question is, what's the way to fix the problem, I'm assuming opening a test account isn't the answer.

I suppose I answered my own question. I simply restarted my machine.

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