I'm an idiot.

[DaCalebMan]

Hey, uh... Guys.

Sort of a dumb thing, but... uh, I accidentally moved my desktop
(usually: /home/user/desktop,) To 'my videos.' It was a simple click and drag error.
I can't delete it, unless with Root, but I can't find it in Root.

Anyone here done this before?

[DaCalebMan]

Okay, I found my home.
I wonder why sudo nautilus is set to root home as default.
Okay anyway, I cut and pasted my desktop back into my home folder, but even root won't let me.

What do I do!

Please help.

[Dapper Dan]

Won't let you paste Desktop back into your home folder or won't let you use it? If you can't move it, open a terminal and cd to inside the same directory where Desktop now is... then:

sudo mv Desktop /home/user

If you already have moved it and just can't get it to work or open, it's likely an ownership issue. Check that with:

ls -l /home/user/Desktop

If Desktop and its files are owned by root then you need to change it:

cd /home/user
sudo chown -R user:user Desktop

In all instances, you will of course change "user" to what your real user name is...

[DaCalebMan]

I can't believe it!

I tried all of them but still, nothing!
How can I simply click and drag the desktop into any folder but not drag it back?

I'm gonna' ask the Ubuntu foundation about this and see if it can be fixed.

Still, if you have any suggestsions, I wont hesitate to try them.

[Dapper Dan]

I suppose you could try using nautilus as su:

gksu nautilus /home/user

[DaCalebMan]

Hey that almost worked!

It allowed me to 'cut' and 'paste' the desktop back, but the end result is the same. It actually copies. Root won't let me delete it.

Thanks anyway! I really appreciate you taking the time to help me out.

~Caleb

[DaCalebMan]

Hey guys,

I've accidentally click and dragge
I just wanted to ask if there is a Desktop config file. One that contols the synchronization between The Desktop and Desktop folder. Because not even root will let me move it back.

Thanks!
~Caleb

[teenytinylinuxgrl]

Is that Gnome or KDE or Xfce or what? Drag-and-drop is perfectly normal in some of those, isn't it? I do it in LXDE routinely (as root sometimes, when necessary).

Amy

[D-cat]

I think this post is a dupe. Anyway, even root might have trouble deleting a file that's in use, and a directory that's not empty can't be deleted.

Are you comfortable to work with command line tools yet? The use of Midnight Commander (mc) in text mode (sudo init 3) might get the job done.

[r3dm4n]

Can't you just do "rm -r folder" to remove a container with items inside?