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Downloads directory not working

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I am new to Ubuntu operating system.

I went through this post : Downloads Directory Not Opening.

I have the same problem but the solution that was suggested there is not working.

Whatever changes I add using xdg-user-dirs-update --set DOWNLOAD $HOME/Downloads get erased when I reboot the computer. How can I fix this ? Is it possible to recover data in Downloads folder?

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answered 2 Years ago hical · Accepted Answer

To create the Downloads directory, type in Terminal:

mkdir ~/Downloads

Then update user-dirs.defaults by typing in Terminal:

xdg-user-dirs-update --set DOWNLOAD $HOME/Downloads

EDITED

A possible solution is to prevent xdg-user-dirs-update from running (and resetting your configuration at each session start up) by setting enabled=False to your user-dirs.conf:

Edit this file:
/etc/xdg/user-dirs.conf

And change enabled=True To enabled=False