Just a thought. In Windows Explorer, do you have enabled the viewing of
hidden and system files? It is possible that the desktop file is there but
you can't see it. Why is should become a hidden or system file is another
question - if that turns out to be the case.

As to seeing the file icon on the desktop, it could possibly be positioned
off the viewing area of the screen. If you have auto arrange enabled, then
this should not be a problem.

Peter
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Now, let me make it even more interesting--after an instance of the above
happening, using Windows Explorer, I went looking for where the file was
saved.  It was not on any of the user or system administrator desktops.  So,
I saved the file, again, to a 'temp' account I created and then tried to
move it to the "me user" desktop.  To my surprise, Windows told me that the
file was already there and asked if I wanted to replace it.  I said "yes"
and it replaced it, but, again, I could not find it on the desktop.  So, I
restarted Windows and, tadaaaa, there the file was on the desktop.

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