Restoring the Templates folder

[sidewalkcynic]

As usual, when I install the new version of UBUNTU I throw those folders out that come with it. Well, I didn't throw them all out this time, but I did trash the Templates, and now I thought of an experiment to try with it, but it doesn't restore by just creating a folder - so, how do I restore it?

[Morbius1]

See if the following line exists in /home/username/.config/user-dirs.dirs :


XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"If it's not there then add it and logoff and on again.

[sidewalkcynic]

Looks like it's there - thanks


# This file is written by xdg-user-dirs-update
# If you want to change or add directories, just edit the line you're
# interested in. All local changes will be retained on the next run
# Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped
# homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an
# absolute path. No other format is supported.
#
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/2. Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/0. Downloads"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/3. Personal/Pictures"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/3. Personal/Videos"

[Morbius1]

But:

XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
Isn't pointing to the "Templates" folder.

[tiznom]

See if the following line exists in /home/username/.config/user-dirs.dirs :


XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates"If it's not there then add it and logoff and on again.

Worked perfectly, thanks. I didn't even have to log out, it took effect right away.