Where do my screen shots go?

I am able to take them and they usually go to my desktop but now they dont go there anymore.

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Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.screencapture.plist
Right-click or control-click the line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Move the selected item to the Trash. Log out, log back in, and test.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination  command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

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