No longer able to drag & drop to desktop..

I was hoping someone here could help me.
My son thought he (we) would like to try a new finder type app.
I told him (after 2 days) that he could do this on "his computer" not mine.
Once he removed the application and put everything back in order.........
I no longer can drag & drop images to the desktop?!?
He has no clue and I am praying that someone with smarter skills than me can help me out.
Thanks in advance

Move the com.apple.finder.plist file out of your users /Library/Preferences/ folder to the Desktop, OPTION-click & hold the Finder's Dock icon, select Relaunch, and see if that fixes the problem. If so, delete the moved file and reset your other Finder preferences. If you don't remember how you had things, check the Finder's preferences via Finder->Preferences. If this doesn't fix the issue, create a new admin user account, log into it, and see if the problem persists there.
Once you resolve the issue, ban your son from your computer.

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