Need to repeadly restart finder... cant see new files on desktop

anytime i save somethign to the desktop, i loose the ability to see the new files.. so i restart the finder, and they appear... whats wrong?
as a point of notice, my finder also takes a LONG time to start when i boot the machine... restart from sleep is quick tho...
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Try repairing your drive, and do a clone type backup.
Check for corruption.
Might want to create a new user account for testing after you make sure. In Tiger there was a "Finder amnesia" (for want of a better term) before changes showed up. Changes were made, but maybe not written to disk yet or updated by the Finder.
Depending on your situation, but Leopard by default I think creates a "Downloads" folder in your home account and I always store downloads into a folder, then move them to another with all the updates, patches, installers and such for safe keeping.
Restarting the Finder should not be necessary and points to other issues. And there is the warning "unsaved changes may be lost" I think.
So it does sound like an issue with the Desktop and Finder which sounds like a corrupt directory. Hopefully not. One note: Disk Utility does not always find and repair all problems. Definite need for Disk Warrior. I had some issues with the Finder, no problems found by First Aid, but DW did.

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