From: michael.stemper@gmail.com   
      
   On 18/07/2024 21.15, Jonathan N. Little wrote:   
   > Michael F. Stemper wrote:   
   >> I recently moved one of my boxes from 18.04 to 20.04. With this change, I   
   >> suddenly have nasty-looking icons all over my beautiful background image.   
   >> They appear to be one for each file and directory in my $HOME.   
   >>   
   >> The last time this happened, I was able to solve by either creating or   
   >> deleting (I can't remember which) a directory "$HOME/Desktop". I've   
   >> tried both, and that no longer works.   
   >>   
   >> What do I need to do to get rid of these icons now?   
   >>   
   >   
   > If I understand you now, are you saying that your desktop now shows you   
   > $HOME directory and not $HOME/Desktop?   
      
   I'd rather that it not show me anything, but your suggestion was a big   
   help -- there are now only two icons instead of 50+.   
      
   >   If so, check your file   
   >   
   > ~/.config/user-dirs.dir   
      
   Actually, it's   
     ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs   
      
   > It should look like this:   
   >   
   > ~$ cat .config/user-dirs.dirs   
   > # This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update   
   > # If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're   
   > # interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run.   
   > # Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped   
   > # homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an   
   > # absolute path. No other format is supported.   
   > #   
   > XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"   
   > XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"   
   > XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"   
   > XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public"   
   > XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/"   
   > XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"   
   > XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"   
   > XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"   
   >   
   > Maybe the "XDG_DESKTOP_DIR" is set to just "$HOME" and not "$HOME/Desktop"   
      
   That was indeed the case. I had to log out and log back in for it to take   
   effect, but everything was copacetic after that. I'm going to try setting   
   it to a non-existent directory now, to see if it reduces two icons to one.   
      
   Thanks again,   
   --   
   Michael F. Stemper   
   Galatians 3:28   
      
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