My MacBook Pro will clear my desktop even when I'm writing or when viewing a video.

To anyone out there, I would like for someone to tell me how to keep all my apps and icons on the screen without them getting cleared out by the program or system? Thanks for any help, procedure or steps to avoid this dilemma.

You might start with:
Open Activity Monitor in the Utilities folder. Select All Processes from the Processes dropdown menu. Click twice on the CPU% column header to display in descending order. If you find a process using a large amount of CPU time, then select the process and click on the Quit icon in the toolbar. Click on the Force Quit button to kill the process. See if that helps. Be sure to note the name of the runaway process so you can track down the cause of the problem.
If the above reveals nothing helpful, then create a new user account. Log out of your account and log into the new account. Do the problems cease?

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