Usually this problem means that the var XDG_DESKTOP_DIR got somehow set to $HOME instead of “$HOME/Desktop”… FIX: Edit the file ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and fix it: XDG_DESKTOP_DIR=”$HOME/Desktop” … typically this file should look like this: XDG_DESKTOP_DIR=”$HOME/Desktop” XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR=”$HOME/Download” XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR=”$HOME/Templates” XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR=”$HOME/Public” XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR=”$HOME/Documents” XDG_MUSIC_DIR=”$HOME/Music” XDG_PICTURES_DIR=”$HOME/Pictures” XDG_VIDEOS_DIR=”$HOME/Videos”