HELP!! FINDER ICON KEEPS JUMPING. MESSAGE SAYS 'RESTORE WINDOWS'. CAN'T CLICK IT. DESKTOP IS BLANK. I'M IN MY FINALS WEEK!!

My Finder icon keeps jumping. I can't open a Finder window. A message keeps popping up at the same time asking me whether or not I want to restore my Windows. I can't click on it because it keeps, well, disappearing. I can't even force quit the application. I've turned my laptop on and off and the whole thing starts again. The files on my desktop have disappeared. I've visited all other forums on the subject and nothing works. HELP!! I'm in my finals week and I cannot afford to waste time on this.

Never mind.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3193215?start=30&tstart=0

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