<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Brian -- Thank you.Â This solved the problem.Â Too bad gconf-editor isn't an obvious item on any of the default menus!Â cheers, pete Brian Craft wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:1193049524.9658.4.camel@bclaptop" type="cite"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="GtkHTML/3.16.1"> Open the Gnome Configuration Editor and go into:Â /apps/nautilus/preferencesÂ Â Â Â Â and uncheckÂ Â the "desktop_is_home_dir"Â Â option and see if that helps. <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <pre>- Brian Craft Jabber id: <a moz-do-not-send="true" 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> </tbody> </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.Â It seems to work OK -- except for one thing.Â All of the files and directories in my home directory appear on the desktop!Â 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.Â 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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:w.clapham@csuohio.edu">w.clapham@csuohio.edu</a> </pre> </blockquote> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Pete Clapham Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio, 44115 Voice: [216] 687-4820 Fax: [216] 687-6972 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:w.clapham@csuohio.edu">w.clapham@csuohio.edu</a> </pre> </body> </html>