My macbook pro screen shot isn't saving the picture on the desktop.

Hi so today I wanted to save something I was looking up online by taking a screen shot. before I've taken screen shots using comman + shift + 3 or 4 and it would automatically save on my desktop but now it isn't doing that. but i still hear the shutter sound. i haven't changed any of the preferences or anything. how do i fix this? please help!

In Mac Help, there is this notation regarding screen shots:
Some applications, such as DVD Player, may not let you take pictures of the screen.
What other applications there may be, I don't know. Maybe this applies to your lost screen shot?
The last thing to try is PREVIEW>FILE>NEW FROM CLIPBOARD.
This then exhausts my ammunition on this item.
Your post of Dec 12, 2011 3:33 AM seems to raise a new problem;
ALL my files are on this current account that doesn't take screen shots...and I don't know how to move everything from my documents, to my pictures in iPhoto and music in iTunes.
I suggest you repost this with more details, thus increasing you audience.
Ciao.

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