Strange saved file icons are invisible

When I save a project, there seems to be no icon in the finder. Only the name appears. If I click on it I can see a gray transparent square where the icon should be. Any ideas why?
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Yesterday I downloaded and installed OS X Mavericks!! also, I installed all the updates required, to make sure that all my software where compatible with this new version! Everything seemed fine, on my early 2010 Macbook , but, today, for no aparent reason, on my Launchpad, most of the icons are invisible!!
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