Pictures folder

[Grizzly]

Tuesday, May 23, 2023  at 13:49, Oliver Grawert wrote:
Re: Pictures folder (at least in part)

>hi,
>Am Dienstag, dem 23.05.2023 um 11:10 +0100 schrieb Grizzly via ubuntu-
>users:
>> Hi

>> A quick one (I hope), I have an older Lappy that I'm Updating &
>> battery charging (else they get useless)

>> I found that my Home seems to have lostr it's Pictures folder, so I
>> made a new  one, put my prefered wallpapers in it and tried to set the background
>> but when  I click on Pictures in background settings it is empty, I checked
>> permissions and they look like those on other system folders

>> What needs doing please

>apps usually get told where these folders are via environment
>variables, they are defined via the various ~/.config/user-dirs.* files

>.. take a look if XDG_PICTURES_DIR= points to something unusual in
>there ...

That did the trick thanks, so simple (once you know)