desktop comfigure issue??

[Khoa Ton]

Khoa Ton wrote:
> Y Uanlux wrote:
>> Hi
>> I am using gnome on Fedora 7 (updated to latest versions). One day I
>> incidentally deleted many file at my home dir /home/usr1 by a command
>> rm -rf *
>>
>> Of course most files, except some symbolic linked ones and hidden ones
>> (eg .jpilot etc), were remove. After rebooted, I put back some
>> settings.  However, there is a desktop problem. Every thing created at
>> the home dir /home/usr1/ is put on desktop, making the desktop very
>> crowed. How to fix it?
>> Y
> 
> What I did when my desktop got messed up and wanted to get back to
> the default was to create a new user and logged on at that user.
> 
> At logon, the desktop manager creates all the desktop configuration
> files.  Then, I renamed the new user's home directory to my old
> user's home and move my personal files over.
> 
> I'm sure there are more elegant ways to do this, but this is the
> surest way to get back to the default desktop environment.
> 
> Good luck,
> Khoa

Oops, forgot to mention you'll have to chown the home directory
to your old user as well.

Khoa