Calum> Somebody else reported this recently-- something seems to be setting Calum> XDG_DESKTOP_DIR to $HOME instead of $HOME/Desktop. The fix is to edit Calum> your ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs file.
Bing bing bing! That was it. For some reason, that file had the desired value ($HOME/Desktop) at home, but it just had $HOME at work. Changing that and restarting nautilus has solved my problem. Calum, you're a champ! -- John PS: James Cornell, yes I'm sure. :-)
