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Right after installing Ubuntu 16.04, I decided to change the OS's language from German to English. After rebooting, Ubuntu asked me if I would like to rename the personal folders and I agreed.

Problem: The new named favourite folders are not in the right section and the old ones still exist. I am not able to remove the old favourite folders by right clicking on then.

How can I restore the 'old' state but keep the new language?

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  • In nautilus, there should be a "Bookmarks" or "Favorites" menu, there you can edit them. – Jonas Czech Jun 15 '16 at 18:17
  • unfortunately I could remove all the 'correct' favorite folders but not the 'dead' ones. Is there any other possibility ? – jublikon Jun 15 '16 at 18:39
  • Have a look at the file `~/.config/user-dirs.dirs`. (This is based on [this answer to another question](http://askubuntu.com/a/484977/301745).) [This answer](http://askubuntu.com/a/192752/301745) might be relevant too. – wjandrea Jun 15 '16 at 19:12
  • @wjandrea Inside that config file there are the 'new' Favorites saved - so the english ones. No german folder names are in that file. Unfortunately when I click in nautilus on Desktop, for example, it requests for the german named desktop ... Where could I look for the still existing german folder names? – jublikon Jun 15 '16 at 19:38
  • Maybe check `~/.config/user-dirs.locale`? I found that file by running `find ~ -name "*user-dirs*"`; there might be more like it. – wjandrea Jun 15 '16 at 19:47
  • what does your user-dirs.locale contain? mine does only "en_US" – jublikon Jun 15 '16 at 19:49
  • Ah, OK. Mine is just "en_CA" for Canada – wjandrea Jun 15 '16 at 19:50
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    Have you tried to reboot again after you renamed the folders? – Gunnar Hjalmarsson Jun 15 '16 at 20:58
  • Could you open the file `~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks` and post the contents in your question? – wjandrea Aug 24 '16 at 21:09
  • After changing the config files do `nautilus -q` and open it again via unity to apply changes. – kung Oct 19 '17 at 09:24

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