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Home folder is stuck on my desktop

Asked by Bob

I powered up and find my home folder on my desktop. How do I move it back to where it is? I've tried to open the files and drag and drop it back, but that did not work and I know I should not deleate it that would be a bad thing. I like to keep my desktop clean so I can see the photos I've set for it. After all thats why I have the dock and cairo-dock, for all the things I need handy. can anyone help?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Not seen this one for a while:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1598816
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/17752/use-any-folder-for-your-ubuntu-desktop-even-a-dropbox-folder/
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=206&t=151464

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#2

Looks like they're all old answers
1
apps > nautilus > preferences > ( desktop_is_home_dir set to TRUE <is not there)
 Ubuntu Tweak. On Desktop, ( click on Desktop Icon Setting < is not there)
2 tells me how to put fils on my desktop not to move them back.
3 dconf Editor - instructions do not work the path is different from what it  shows
 dconf Editor
Then go to org > mate > caja > preferences
                             there is no "mate"

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a

Thanks

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Bob (smith13) said : 		#4

$ lsb_release -a; uname -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-ia32:core-4.1-noarch:security-4.0-ia32:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-ia32:security-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
Linux bob-desktop 3.13.0-53-generic #89-Ubuntu SMP Wed May 20 10:34:28 UTC 2015 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#5

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