Need help repair permissions!!!!

I'm trying to download to the desktop and there is 257GB of space available, but it won't let me . It will allow me to download to a folder in my documents. The finder keeps asking for my password when trying to trash items, I type it and then get a message that I don't have permission. I have tried the disk permissions repair, but it doesn't help. I am the administrator of the computer, but I made sure that on my account is was still the administrator. I've read some of the forums pertaining to using terminal to trash, but I am not familiar with that so I didn't want to mess it up any worse. It just seems to effect everything on my desktop. I can download into folders and trash documents that are in folder, just can't download or trash anything on my desktop. It's strange. I have never worked with PC only macs and have never had any trouble until now.

Gosh that was easy! I have read all the dicussions and thought I was going to have to really do alot of stuff. That was the only thing I didn't think to try. Thanks, it fixed it. Thanks for the quick response.

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