I had originally had trouble with my desktop after performing some updates(what else is new) and when I restart the cpu my it took me into TWM environment instead of GNOME. I reinstalled GNOME using the yum groupinstall gnome-desktop and it worked like a champ, sorry I used YaST(Novell) and now I have it back up but It is acting very weird. They are just icons and when I try and create a launcher it doesnt do anything. So my question is how can I recreate a new desktop profile without deleting any of my documents. I just want a normal desktop!

Create a new user and log in as him. If Gnome functions normally for the new user, you can probably go back to your real id and fix the problem by removing some of the dot-directories in your home directory, such as .gconf, .gconf2, .gnome. However, if Gnome is still malfunctioning, the problem lies elsewhere, and you can forget my suggestion.

sweet thanks!