Desktop, Downloads, Documents...gone?
It started a few days ago, possibly January 1. When I need to work on a downloaded file, or an image or a Pages file stored on the Desktop or in Documents, nothing in those areas can be retrieved because the icons for them have disappeared. Items on the desktop can be dragged and dropped on a program icon, but what's on the desktop is a very small percentage of the files I work with every day. The only way I could add the attached screenshot was to drag it from the desktop to one of the portable drives. It was inaccessible otherwise, on a desktop that cannot be reached. Help, please. A reboot doesn't seem to help.
Mac mini, macOS 12.0