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Old 01-09-2007, 07:46 PM   #1
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Renaming Desktop Dir?

Has anyone every renamed their /home/user/Desktop/ directory to a lower case (d)esktop?

I hate having capital directories and I was wondering if I can do this w/o messing up anything on Gnome or Linux? Can we force Linux to create "desktop" rather than "Desktop"?
 
Old 01-09-2007, 08:11 PM   #2
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Only thought is create a link of Desktop to desktop. You will have both but desktop will point to Desktop.

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Old 01-09-2007, 08:17 PM   #3
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Yeah - don't really want both. I can deal with "Desktop" but I was wondering if there was any alternatives.
 
Old 01-10-2007, 04:52 AM   #4
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I think there is a way to do this with KDE, but I can't remember. I'll have a look when I get home for you
 
Old 01-10-2007, 07:13 AM   #5
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That would be cool to know but I don't use KDE however I know both Gnome and KDE both assign /Desktop.
 
Old 01-10-2007, 11:33 AM   #6
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In KDE control center its administration/paths.

Sorry I can't help with Gnome
 
Old 01-11-2007, 03:36 AM   #7
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Its very easy to do in KDE. In GNOME, try running gconf-editor and see if there is an option in the gconf registry to change the name of the desktop directory.
 
  


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