recreating desktop in gnome

[Steve]

---- "François Patte" <francois.patte at mi.parisdescartes.fr> wrote: 
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> Bonjour,
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> One user has destroyed his Desktop directory in gnome. Is there a way to
> recreate it, without creating a new user and moving data, and moving
> again the user....

Restore from backups?
But I suspect that's not the answer that you're looking for.

I don't think that there is anything special about the Desktop directory. Just recreate it. There are no special files inside that directory either. I would guess that Nautilus knows to put the Computer, Home and Trash icons on the desktop when the dirctory exists.

Steve