I just encountered this issue as well. I understand why it occurs (in order to stop pointing to a directory that doesn't exist anymore), but I guess it's an issue nonetheless.
Indeed : - I deleted the Templates ("Modèles" in my case) directory because I thought it was useless. - When I figured out a friend of mine was looking for such a feature, I tried to re-create the Templates directory but it didn't behave as expected - Expected behaviour : files copied to ~/Templates are added to the "New File" Nautilus menu Obtained behaviour : the menu remains empty So I guess the "xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update" app executed during each Gnome session should also check whether one expected directory (in this case Templates) has been created or removed. To fix it I had to manually modify the ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs file. Cheers ! -- A misplaced ~/Templates folder over a reboot permanently changes the TEMPLATES path in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/285998 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs