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I am dual booting Ubuntu 11.10 and Windows 7 so I created a partition where I can store all my documents and open them through both systems. Everything seemed like it worked out well, I found out how to change the default locations of Documents, Videos etc. but whenever I restart my laptop, they reset. This is what my user-dirs.dirs looks like after I've edited it and it works well with all shortcuts and save locations working correctly:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/l6Gwo.png

and after a restart, this is what happens to the file:

https://i.stack.imgur.com/nvb7I.png

Is there any way to make permanent changes to this file?

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  • Did you ever manage to find a solution to this? I have the same problem
    – Frikster
    Feb 18, 2016 at 20:08
  • I see you haven't been on Ask Ubuntu in years. Either way, I've reasked this question with new points to anyone who also hit a dead-end with this problem: askubuntu.com/questions/736406/…
    – Frikster
    Feb 18, 2016 at 21:22

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Most likely it removes those entries because the directories do not exist at the moment when you log in. So I'm guessing /media/storage isn't mounted at that point.

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  • That's very likely to be true, is there a way to mount the drive on login or on startup?
    – Zach
    Feb 25, 2012 at 12:51
  • Yes. This might help help.ubuntu.com/community/AutomaticallyMountPartitions
    – geirha
    Feb 25, 2012 at 13:06
  • Thank you, I will look into this and see if I can get it to work.
    – Zach
    Feb 25, 2012 at 16:30
  • I got it to mount on start up but it did not help, it still resets unfortunately.
    – Zach
    Feb 25, 2012 at 18:27
  • @Zach which approach did you use? running udisks via Startup Applications? If so, it's possible it is being run after /etc/xdg/autostart/user-dirs-update-gtk.desktop. I'm not sure how to specify the order of those. It used to be possible from Startup Applications, but that has been removed in newer gnome versions. If you go with an /etc/fstab entry instead, it should work though.
    – geirha
    Feb 25, 2012 at 19:28
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Did you try to use symbolic links? So the media don't have to be mounted.

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    I have not tried this, would this be easier than mounting it at startup? If so, could you instruct me on how to do it? Thanks!
    – Zach
    Feb 25, 2012 at 16:29
  • Got it running perfectly, used this: howtogeek.com/howto/16226/…
    – Zach
    Feb 25, 2012 at 18:37
  • Seems like it has started to not work again..strange.
    – Zach
    Feb 25, 2012 at 21:00
  • I tried making a Documents folder that linked to my other drive and then I tried modifying the user-dirs.dirs file. Upon reboot however the Documents shortcut had vanished from nautilus and in fact the normal Documents folder now had some error message that I didn't record when I tried to go to it. xdg-user-dirs-update --force reset Documents back to its default. But now I still haven't been able to link my Documents folder to a Documents folder on a separate drive.
    – Frikster
    Feb 18, 2016 at 20:11

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