home files on desktop

Wed Feb 24 00:00:00 UTC 2010

* Wybo Dekker <wybo at servalys.nl> [2010-02-23 17:32 +0100]:
> > > One of my users managed to display all her $HOME files and dirs on
> > > her desktop, although ~/Desktop is empty. How can this happen?
> >
> > KDE or Gnome?
[...]
> 
> sorry: gnome. And I don't see any settings on right-clicking there...

There is a GConf key that determines whether Nautilus will use a user's
home directory for the desktop.  It can be manipulated using
gconf-editor or the following command at a shell prompt (open Terminal)
or from the run dialog.

gconftool --set --type bool \
/apps/nautilus/preferences/desktop_is_home_dir false