<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.16.1"> </HEAD> <BODY TEXT="#000000" BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> Open the Gnome Configuration Editor and go into: /apps/nautilus/preferences and uncheck the "desktop_is_home_dir" option and see if that helps. <TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <PRE> - Brian Craft Jabber id: <A HREF="mailto:javaman67@jabber.org">javaman67@jabber.org</A> AIM id: linuxman67 Yahoo IM id: bcraft67 Linux Counter id: 97873 Linux......the OS of Choice! </PRE> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 13:40 -0400, Pete Clapham wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> Hi, all -- I just loaded Gutsy on my computer. It seems to work OK -- except for one thing. All of the files and directories in my home directory appear on the desktop! There's a directory marked Directory that includes what it's supposed to (almost empty -- just a terminal), but a whole lot more stuff appears. Any ideas why? <PRE> -- Pete Clapham Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio, 44115 Voice: [216] 687-4820 Fax: [216] 687-6972 <A HREF="mailto:w.clapham@csuohio.edu">w.clapham@csuohio.edu</A> </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>