On Mon 02 Jan 2023 at 05:20:58 (-0500), Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > On 1/1/23, David Wright <deb...@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote: > > On Sun 01 Jan 2023 at 15:31:04 (-0600), William Torrez Corea wrote: > >> How to can restore my last configuration? > > > > So I assume your "last configuration" is in ~/.config/xfce4-session/ > > and ~/.config/xfce4/ . > > > >> Try resetting to defaults > > > > I assume that by this you mean "move my configuration out the way > > and left a new set of defaults be created by running xfce", ie move: > > > >> mv ~/.config/xfce4-session/ ~/.config/xfce4-session-bak > >> mv ~/.config/xfce4/ ~/.config/xfce4-bak > > > > and then run xfce. > > > >> When i want to restore the old configuration, i remove the -bak that's > >> been appended to the old directories; but i don't get any result. > > > David might have hit on something here with that, "[A]nd then run > xfce."
Well, yes, I assume that when you're playing with the configuration files, xfce is /not/ running. I have assumed that running xfce in the absence of any configuration files, and then immediately exiting, will leave behind a fresh set of default configuration files, in the manner of, say, mc.¹ > What about.. some form of logging completely out to a [console] > or root user's GUI, moving those files/directories aside, and then try > logging back in again? I've experienced similar circular pains and > have fixed them using both methods of accessing those stubborn > "Whack-A-Mole" types of files. > > The glitch that *might* be occurring is that maybe XFCE4 is instantly > throwing up new but same config files as soon as the old are deleted, Not being an xfce user, I have no idea how it behaves if you fiddle with its configuration files while it is running. > else crash and burn if it is in current use. It would end up being an > endless battle because those instantly returning config files will > reflect whatever personal choices are still showing on the screen... > > Unless one logs an affected user out completely first... > > Or not. :) All this is way beyond me: I have no experience of running DEs. ¹ When a new version of mc is released, I do just that, and then reconcile mc's new defaults with my own configuration files. Cheers, David.