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{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=wrench, name=Troubleshooting > XDG dirs not visible} Apps don't see my folders for music, videos, etc. --- You can experience that some of your apps can't "see" your media directories. For example, you can't choose picture from //Pictures// folder when setting background: {F20461, alt=background select 1, size=full} This usually happens if the xdg rules are missing. You can fix this by creating a file inisde `.config/user-dirs.dirs`, with the following content: ``` XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos" ``` Log out and then log back in, and GNOME software will know where do you place your media files: {F20463, alt=background select 2, size=full}
{nav icon=home, name=Main Page > icon=wrench, name=Troubleshooting > XDG dirs not visible} Apps don't see my folders for music, videos, etc. --- You can experience that some of your apps can't "see" your media directories. For example, you can't choose picture from //Pictures// folder when setting background: {F20461, alt=background select 1, size=full} This usually happens if the xdg rules are missing. You can fix this by creating a file inisde `.config/user-dirs.dirs`, with the following content: ``` XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos" ``` Log out and then log back in, and GNOME software will know where do you place your media files: {F20463, alt=background select 2, size=full}
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