I accidentally deleted my Documents folder and didn't notice it for a couple days. Somewhere in that time, Nautilus auto-updated my list of Places so it no longer includes my Documents folder. I have since restored my Documents folder, but the Places link is still missing. How do I get it back?
2 Answers
Once you have recreated the Documents folder, make sure your ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs contains something like this:
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
You can edit it as needed using any text editor, for example
nano ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
Then run the command xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update.
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I also have to
$ killall nautilusand then reopen for Nautilus to pick up the changes.– MajalMay 13, 2022 at 23:31
On Ubuntu 14.04 running gnome-3.10 I was able to restore it by inserting/editing the following file:
~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks
file:///home/%yourusername%/Documents
file:///home/%yourusername%/Music
file:///home/%yourusername%/Pictures
file:///home/%yourusername%/Videos
file:///home/%yourusername%/Downloads
Hope it works for you as well!
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2Thanks for your help, but that just adds them as bookmarks. It doesn't restore them to the Places menu. Here is what I am seeing after making sure the bookmark entries are there. I want Documents, Pictures, and Music back in the Places menu like they used to be.– JeremyFeb 4, 2015 at 1:58
~/.config/user-dirs.dirscontains the following:XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"