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Hi forum! I accidently removed my Desktop directory and now Gnome showes me the contents of my home directory on desktop. How do I point out which directory to use ...
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    (Gnome) How to change desktop directory?

    Hi forum!
    I accidently removed my Desktop directory and now Gnome showes me the contents of my home directory on desktop. How do I point out which directory to use for desktop icons?
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    Any thoughts? This rubbish on my desktop keeps annoying me...
    2b|!2b, that is the question

    If substraction add to multiplication you will get a division.

    GDB has a 'break' feature. Why doesn't it have a 'fix' too?

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    Code:
    gedit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
    The first uncommented line will read XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME"

    Change that to XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"

    Restart nautilus.

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