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why do you think you are going to loose your files if change desktop?
OP is most likely new to Linux and is used to the intertwining of the GUI and OS like they are in OS X and Windows.
Presumably they equate changing desktops with "reinstalling".
Dangerous asumption: one man, one finger, one second...and you will have a disaster.