Peter Larsen wrote:

Keith G wrote:

I'm getting along fine, even if my 'documents folder' went *poof*
earlier today and looks like it's gone forever!!

Are you absolutely, positively certain that it hasn't just ceased being
displayed on the desktop?

It's unlikely to have been there in the first place. Most likely, its
alias was dragged out of the Dock - it can just be reinstated by
dragging the Documents folder to the Dock (or perhaps it was from the
FInder window sidebar, but the same thing applies).

Daniele