Hi everyone,
In ZorinOS 16 Pro some folders have been created in English which I don't know where they come from. What is the origin?
What should I do, is this normal or can I remove them? They are empty ...
Thanks Maurizio
Hi everyone,
In ZorinOS 16 Pro some folders have been created in English which I don't know where they come from. What is the origin?
Thanks Maurizio
They are normal.
I suspect you put your username as “Home” and that may be why they’re duplicated.
What do I do, I delete them ...? Can any problems arise if I do?
Thanks Maurizio
See this nautilus - Why are files duplicated in my home folder and desktop? - Ask Ubuntu
Check which of your folders are actually listed in user-dirs.dirs
You should be able to delete any that are not on that list.
How can I find user-dirs.dirs? What is that? The terminal tells me: not found ... there is no file or directory and I can't find it on the computer.
Thanks
It should be located in ~/.config
If you do not see the hidden folders (those files with a (.) period in front of them, tap the keyboard shortcut ctrl+h
.
Please scroll down to the bottom of the .config directory.
user-dirs.dirs should look like a Text File in that directory.
You can open it with Gedit.
Or in terminal with VIM or Nano.
From your screenshot, it looks like the English-Labeled Directories are not present in that file.
According to @carmar 's post above, it should be safe to delete the English-Labeled duplicates.
Thanks, I was confused ... Now I delete them, reboot and then let you know.
Maurizio.
All right, I don't notice anything abnormal ... Thanks to both of us, but I couldn't understand and having a lot of duplicate folders in the home was annoying ...
Maurizio.
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