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Home and Desktop got merged in my system. Means whatever I save in home gets automatically save on Desktop and if I delete anything from the desktop it gets deleted from home as well.

How can I get rid from this?

g_p
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I found the solution from here: http://johnpoelstra.com/gnome-desktop-full-of-files-directories/

1.Open Nautilus

  1. Press Ctrl+H to show hidden files.

  2. Got to the .config directory.

  3. Open the file ''user-dirs.dirs''

  4. Find the line and make sure it reads as follows: XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" .

  5. Save changes and exit editor.

I have not been able to test it myself but hoping to solve your problem.

Muzaffar
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Open terminal, go to home folder and do ls -al. This will show you if Desktop has somehow become symlink to home. If so, just delete Desktop folder in file manager and recreate it.

Barafu Albino
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