Received “Update standard folders to current language?” message, now Documents folder is empty
Today when I booted my laptop (Xubuntu 18.04) I received the following dialogue which I have never seen before;
Update standard folders to current language?
You have logged in in a new language. You can automatically update the names of some standard folders in your home folder to match this language. The update would change the following folders:
Current folder name: New folder name:
/home/USER /home/USER/Documents
Note that existing content will not be moved.
I said NO and continued only to find my Documents folder and all its contents no longer exists.
Does anyone know what might have happened?
I have a backup but still will have lost a couple of files I worked on last night, which would be rather annoying.
18.04 xubuntu directory language
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Today when I booted my laptop (Xubuntu 18.04) I received the following dialogue which I have never seen before;
Update standard folders to current language?
You have logged in in a new language. You can automatically update the names of some standard folders in your home folder to match this language. The update would change the following folders:
Current folder name: New folder name:
/home/USER /home/USER/Documents
Note that existing content will not be moved.
I said NO and continued only to find my Documents folder and all its contents no longer exists.
Does anyone know what might have happened?
I have a backup but still will have lost a couple of files I worked on last night, which would be rather annoying.
18.04 xubuntu directory language
asked Jan 16 at 8:52
Agent24Agent24
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Today when I booted my laptop (Xubuntu 18.04) I received the following dialogue which I have never seen before;
Update standard folders to current language?
You have logged in in a new language. You can automatically update the names of some standard folders in your home folder to match this language. The update would change the following folders:
Current folder name: New folder name:
/home/USER /home/USER/Documents
Note that existing content will not be moved.
I said NO and continued only to find my Documents folder and all its contents no longer exists.
Does anyone know what might have happened?
I have a backup but still will have lost a couple of files I worked on last night, which would be rather annoying.
18.04 xubuntu directory language
asked Jan 16 at 8:52
Agent24Agent24
1612
Today when I booted my laptop (Xubuntu 18.04) I received the following dialogue which I have never seen before;
Update standard folders to current language?
You have logged in in a new language. You can automatically update the names of some standard folders in your home folder to match this language. The update would change the following folders:
Current folder name: New folder name:
/home/USER /home/USER/Documents
Note that existing content will not be moved.
I said NO and continued only to find my Documents folder and all its contents no longer exists.
Does anyone know what might have happened?
I have a backup but still will have lost a couple of files I worked on last night, which would be rather annoying.
18.04 xubuntu directory language
18.04 xubuntu directory language
asked Jan 16 at 8:52
Agent24Agent24
1612
asked Jan 16 at 8:52
Agent24Agent24
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asked Jan 16 at 8:52
Agent24Agent24
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asked Jan 16 at 8:52
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asked Jan 16 at 8:52
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Never mind... Turns out I'd somehow managed to move my Documents folder into my Downloads folder without noticing (Probably the late night!)
answered Jan 16 at 9:02
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Never mind... Turns out I'd somehow managed to move my Documents folder into my Downloads folder without noticing (Probably the late night!)
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Never mind... Turns out I'd somehow managed to move my Documents folder into my Downloads folder without noticing (Probably the late night!)
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Never mind... Turns out I'd somehow managed to move my Documents folder into my Downloads folder without noticing (Probably the late night!)
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Never mind... Turns out I'd somehow managed to move my Documents folder into my Downloads folder without noticing (Probably the late night!)
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