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xfdesktop4: keeps regenerating 'Desktop' folder in user's home dir
Status:
RESOLVED: WORKSFORME
Priority:
Medium
Severity:
normal
Product:
Xfdesktop
Component:
General

Comments

Description Michael Gilbbert 2009-08-07 21:22:31 CEST 
hello,

as of xfce 4.6, there is a 'Desktop' directory created in the user's home folder by default, which always reappears shortly after deletion (this did not occur in 4.4 and earlier).  i personally always set the desktop icon type to "None" because i don't like clutter; hence i really don't need the 'Desktop' directory, so i want it to be gone.

i think that a sane behaviour would be to only restore 'Desktop' when the user has the 'File/launcher icons' desktop icon option selected.  it may also be useful to create an option to manually set the location of the 'Desktop' folder.  thanks for your consideration.

mike
Comment 1 Brian J. Tarricone (not reading bugmail) 2009-08-07 22:03:59 CEST 
That works fine here.  With desktop icons set to "None", if I remove $HOME/Desktop, it doesn't get recreated.
Comment 2 Michael Gilbbert 2009-08-08 00:37:44 CEST 
perhaps this is a debian-specific problem.  will report there.  thanks.

Bug #5659

Reported by:
Michael Gilbbert
Reported on: 2009-08-07
Last modified on: 2009-08-08

People

Assignee:
Brian J. Tarricone (not reading bugmail)
CC List:
0 users

Version

Version:
4.6.1
Target Milestone:
Xfce 4.6

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