Home directory files shown on Desktop

[Keith]

Open a file manager to check to see if the Desktop folder is in your
home directory. "If it is check the Desktop directory to see what is in it.

On 6/14/19 11:59 PM, Adam Mercer wrote:
> Hi
>
> This afternoon I rebooted my Laptop running Ubuntu 19.04, with the
> default Gnome Desktop, and when I logged back in all the files in my
> home directory were shown on the desktop:
>
> https://imgur.com/a/zVYt69A
>
> I have all the check boxes in the Desktop Icons extension disabled.
> Whenever I interact with my home directory, in the terminal for
> example, the system hangs and then the icons refresh.
>
> Any idea what could be causing this? And any suggestions on how to not
> show these on the Desktop?
>
> Cheers
>
> Adam
>