Off the desktop?

While reading an email, I decided to save an attachment by dragging it onto my desktop. The problem is, the email window was open which left only a sliver of my desktop visible. I dragged the icon of the attachment onto the part of the desktop that was there, but now I can't find the file. Is it possible that the file was saved off the desktop in an area that I can't see?
Mahalo for your help!

If you are using the Mail application to access your email, you can avoid this in the future by using the "save" feature next to the attachment in your email--then you can choose where you want to save it without needing to try to drag to the tiny little space around the email window.
Maxit

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