Icons stuck on Desktop For some reason I drag any of the icons on my Desktop. They are stuck. This is happening not only on my desktop, but also in all my other folders. I've checked "Show View Options" and set the order to "none." I've also set "Sort by" to none. I've checked the privileges on my Desktop and everything seems to look normal (I can read and write my desktop.) I don't want to restart my computer cause I'm in the middle of backing it up on an external hard drive. From the few minutes of surfing through forums I found that this is problem is not unheard of, but I wasn't able to find a solution. Any suggestions?

BTW, I'm running Mavericks 10.9.2
This sounds like you have messed up your permissions.

To restore them  use the 


  Make sure that all the permissions are correct on your home folder.
  You can use the ACL tool on the Recovery HD to do this:
  
  
  Boot into the Recovery HD using ⌘R.
  Run resetpassword in Terminal (available from Utilities → Terminal).
  Select your account from the drop-down list.
  Click the Reset button for Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs.
  


Source: grgarside: https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/110346/

Unfortunately this method does require reboot.