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skyer

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Registered: 2012-06-25

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[SOLVED] MATE creating 'default' directories in my home folder

Hello,

I hate more directories in my home folder than I really need, so I always delete everything that doesn't have to be there.

However, MATE, or some other system component keeps creating them back. (I'm talking about 'Podcasts', 'Music', 'Videos', ... etc)

Is there way I could stop this? It's getting really annoying.

Thanks.

Last edited by skyer (2014-02-26 18:02:39)

karol

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Re: [SOLVED] MATE creating 'default' directories in my home folder

Is it https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=xdg-user-dirs ?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xd … irectories

Last edited by karol (2014-02-24 15:30:52)

skyer

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Re: [SOLVED] MATE creating 'default' directories in my home folder

That seems to have done it.

The weird thing is, at times, not all default folders were created, only certain ones. I recall 'Music' and 'Podcasts'.

Is that possible somehow, or is it just my buggy memory?

Otherwise solved, thanks.

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] MATE creating 'default' directories in my home folder

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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Re: [SOLVED] MATE creating 'default' directories in my home folder

If I'm not mistaken, Caja requires the ~/Desktop directory. Beyond that, I haven't seen MATE create any others in my home directory.

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skyer

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Re: [SOLVED] MATE creating 'default' directories in my home folder

If anyone ever needs this in future, the reason for mysteriously appearing directories in my home folder was Banshee - it was configured to use wrong directories for my music.

Last edited by skyer (2014-03-08 17:05:59)