Files and folders in HOME are appearing on the desktop

[Bob]

** Reply to message from Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> on Thu, 1 Oct 2020
11:03:17 +0200

> On Wed, 30 Sep 2020 at 20:18, Bob <ubuntu-qygzanxc at listemail.net> wrote:
> >
> > How do I stop the files and folders in HOME being also placed on the desktop?
> >
> > How do I delete the icons that have already been placed on the desktop?
> 
> DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING!
> 
> This is a common problem.
> 
> There is a config file that tells your desktop (all desktops,
> normally) what folders to use for Desktop, Documents, Downloads, etc.
> This has probably been damaged or removed, in which case, a new one is
> sometimes created automatically. Just edit it and tell it where the
> folders are.
> 
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/523167/why-is-my-desktop-the-same-as-home-folder

Thank you very much.

That was easy.  user-dirs.dirs must have been one of the files deleted because
all of the directories were set to $HOME/.

-- 
Robert Blair


Did you ever notice: When you put the 2 words ' The'   and ' IRS ' together it spells   'Theirs...'