I am new to using command line and wanted to rename all directories in my home directory to be lower case (Desktop → desktop, Music → music, etc).
After I restarted the computer, the files and desktop background had reverted to default and there was now a second "Desktop" directory present which contained nothing.
I deleted it, and now all directories in my home directory are visibly present on my desktop. I'm sure this is easily resolved, I'm just curious as to what I actually did here.
Desktopdirectory lets see if they will return – George Udosen Sep 10 '17 at 17:57/home/$USER/.config/user-dirs.dirsin there modify the names to reflect your change – George Udosen Sep 10 '17 at 18:40desktop, then modify the names in the/home/$USER/.config/user-dirs.dirsto sayXDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/desktop"and let see if that fixes the issue – George Udosen Sep 10 '17 at 18:44