Changing GNOME "default" directories

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2009-12-31 at 06:18 +0100, Alessandro Boggiano wrote: 
> Hello all,
> how can I change the position of the "default" directories in GNOME ?
> For example, I'd like to change Download directory from
>  "$HOME/Download" to "/Data/Download".
> 
> I changed the line  XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Download" in the file
> /home/myuser/.config/user-dirs.dirs, logout/login, but no effects.
> 
> Where 's the trick ?
> 
> Thanks
> Alessandro
> 
> p.s: Happy 2010 to all! ;)

I haven't lookked but have you tried gconf-editor

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