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Unity and/or Gnome launcher settings not saved after logout

Asked by Jaime Cruz

I just installed a fresh copy of Focal 20.04.1 along with the Unity desktop. I'm trying to set up my launcher with my favorite applications (doesn't matter whether it's Unity or the Gnome launcher). Every time I logout and back in, they're reset to the defaults. I suspect one of my $HOME directories may not have the proper write permissions but I have no idea where to look?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Try:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER $HOME

You'll see a warning about gvfs, this is OK.

Log off and on. Does it help?

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Jaime Cruz (jaime-cruz) said : 		#2

No good... it still reverted back. Also, the programs I had added to "Start Up Programs" didn't start. Everything seems to have reverted back. This is annoying!

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

If you make a new user and log in as that, are the settings retained?

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Jaime Cruz (jaime-cruz) said : 		#4

I may have to revisit this in the future. I restored my Bionic system from backup and am going to continue using that for now. I'll try upgrading to Focal again when I have more time.