desktop is not working

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i have tried to repair permisions and the disk but it just wont work i checked to see if the desktop was locked but its not ive looked online for solutions for god knows how long and just cant seem to figure it out, i cant drag anything onto it and it has nothing on it too. pleaaassseee answer
 
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In Finder, right click the Desktop folder > Get Info. What does it say under the permissions section at the bottom?
 

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Can you move or see anything in the Desktop folder through a regular Finder one?
 

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