On 15 Aug 2008, at 01:05, John Beck wrote:

> 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!

Well, don't thank me... thank Brian Nitz, who solved the same problem  
on his machine after I was stumped too :)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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