Extra desktop, how do I kill it?

Vista home premium. 32. HP about 1 1/2 years old.

Not my only problem, but the latest. I've had strange files show up

in places they shouldn't be before, but this is worst of all so far.

I discovered that there is suddenly a folder called Desktop with a

path /owner, and it has besides some of the files that the REAL

desktop shows and a folder called Documents which is empty.

(In my attempts to fix this before I called in System Restore, the

Documents folder within the extra Desktop had within it an empty

folder named Desktop.)

Unfortunately I don't have a decent recent backup , so I have to

figure out how to get rid of it.

I throw this other problem in because it is sort of related, and might

give someone a clue. I've only recently figured out what was

happening, but not yet how to get rid of it.

I use WordPerfect, and when it adds something to the User Word List,

it makes a new file in a folder which it puts in a Documents folder.

Too bad that it is not the Documents folder that is my very own

Documents folder, and having two Documents folders louses other things

up a bit.

How can I persuade Vista (and whatever else program might contribute

to the mess) that I want them out of here by sundown?

tia, of course

Thanks