Lion hides desktop icons

Sometimes, (I still can't understand the exact conditions, looks like completely random) Lion hides all my desktop icons and "deactivates" desktop (nothing happens when I'm trying to "select" - no selection rectangle is drawn).
Maybe it happens when I'm minimizing applications or when quitting ones, but it really makes me mad - I just realize that no icins are shown on the desktop at the moment.
Switching desktops restores the functionality and shows all the icons.
Any idea what happens and how to solve this?
P.S. And, a couple words to Apple - Snow Leo was a dream. Lion is some early-released glitchy crap that I every day think of removing and really asking for my money back.

In that case, there may be a problem with your Finder preferences or window settings.
Try removing these files, then restarting:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
~/Desktop/.DS_Store
Let me know if you're not sure how to do that.

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