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Topic: Change "Desktop Directory"

Setting up #! for my father now. Icons on the desk is compulsory ..
I am letting PCMan handle the desktop. But it showes the whole Home directory on it. Can it be changed? Is it possible to make a "Desktop" directory to be showed, and maybe place shortcuts in it?

Last edited by nicefinger (2009-04-18 20:50:46)

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Re: Change "Desktop Directory"

nicefinger wrote:

Setting up #! for my father now. Icons on the desk is compulsory ..
I am letting PCMan handle the desktop. But it showes the whole Home directory on it. Can it be changed? Is it possible to make a "Desktop" directory to be showed, and maybe place shortcuts in it?

If you want only a few icons consider iDesk instead.

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Re: Change "Desktop Directory"

Go to your home folder > .config > open the user-dirs.dirs file and change:

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/"

to

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"

Then just create the Desktop folder.

Last edited by anonymous (2009-04-19 03:57:50)

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  • From: Sweden/Sverige, Uddevalla
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Re: Change "Desktop Directory"

anonymous wrote:

Go to your home folder > .config > open the user-dirs.dirs file and change:

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/"

to

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"

Then just create the Desktop folder.

Yes, that works. But from nowhere a directory "My Documents" appears on the desktop, when opened, it takes me to $HOME. Strange ..

EDIT: By copy-pasting from "/usr/share/applications", now I have program launcher on the desktop smile

Last edited by nicefinger (2009-04-19 06:20:41)

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Re: Change "Desktop Directory"

Check the user-dirs.dirs for other directories;  there may be one for "My Documents".

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Re: Change "Desktop Directory"

I'm using #! 9.04, for 2 days now. I edited the user-dirs.dirs file, then copied a launcher from /usr/share/applications into the Desktop directory. But there's nothing on my desktop... even after rebooting. Is there something else I need to do?

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Re: Change "Desktop Directory"

anonymous wrote:

Check the user-dirs.dirs for other directories;  there may be one for "My Documents".

That "my documents" icon is something that pcmanfm puts on the desktop by itself. I don't think you can get rid of it.

@dpeirce You need to go to pcmanfm's preferences>desktop and check "Manage the desktop and show file icons".
(This will write over the Crunchbang desktop you had so far.)

Last edited by johnraff (2009-12-09 04:36:53)

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  • Registered: 2009-10-01
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Re: Change "Desktop Directory"

if you want big or small, present or auto-hiding, colorful starter icons on your dad's desktop, try adeskbar!

though I for myself always use the key shortcuts, my folks here like it.you can put your own icons in & connect them with all kinds of terminal commands. nice one. makes #! usable even for winows--hardcorers ("help, where's the menu?"). nice one.

Last edited by saneks (2009-12-09 22:56:19)

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