Further research finally led to a solution: (found on: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=609005&page=2)
I deleted the XDG_DESKTOP_DIR-line from ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs, installed xdg-user-dirs, ran xdg-user-dirs-update, logged out and in again and everything was nice and dandy - again. My Desktop is no longer / but ~/Desktop.
Further research finally led to a solution: ubuntuforums. org/showthread. php?t=609005& page=2)
(found on: http://
I deleted the XDG_DESKTOP_ DIR-line from ~/.config/ user-dirs. dirs, installed xdg-user-dirs, ran xdg-user- dirs-update, logged out and in again and everything was nice and dandy - again. My Desktop is no longer / but ~/Desktop.