[Bug 208253] Re: Can't change Documents or Desktop paths

[Jonny Tyers]

I can confirm that in my case the [$e] does indeed seem to be the
culprit. I had no ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs at all until changing the
settings via KMenu->System Settings. Once I had changed those settings,
the new directory I specified for Desktop appeared in user-dirs.dirs
with the [$e]. Logging out and back in revealed no change (the contents
of the root directory was still on the desktop), but removing the [$e]
from the lines in there and logging out/back in then fixes the problem.

I'm a little puzzled that the Desktop directory was set to / even
without the presence of user-dirs.dirs in my home directory (does this
imply that some system-wide setting is using / as the default Desktop
directory for new users?), and also that others have not mentioned this
[$e] when documenting their workarounds (in this bug and bug #174532).

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Can't change Documents or Desktop paths
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/208253
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