Invisible icons on DESKTOP

although i know for a fact that a certain file is on my desktop, since its listed in my Finder, i cannot drag/drop/copy/erase ANYTHING onto/from my desktop because it either goes back to its original folder or ends up in smoke "the poof cloud"... even a simple "screen capture" image which always go to the Desktop by default is INVISIBLE to the naked eye but exists on the Finder!
i think i made a keyboard shortcut action while trying to remember the screen capture and maybe ended up activating "invisibility" to my desktop, or something! its frustrating because i use a lot of my desktop area to copy/paste files, or eject a dvd, or install DMG programs so i googled and read a lot about possible "invisibility" function within a TERMINAL command but all i can manage to do is list my HD directories with the command "ls -a ~/Desktop" but i wont adventure further because a n00b like me is to afraid of recking my new mac!
HELP!!!

Maybe I can clarify since im having the same issue. Whe I save a pdf or any other file to my desktop from safari the file does not show up visible on the desktop...... the file is there in the desktop folder but cant be seen. I can do a search for it in spotlight and it is there I can even drag it from the spotlight window to the desktop and it shows up. Have you tried a spotlight search. I would like to know if there is a fix for this as it becomes very tiresome to save the file somewhere else and then move it

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