On Sat, 17 May 2008 01:16:29 +0100, Richard Tobin wrote
(in article <g0l84t$1mkk$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>):
> In article <0001HW.C453DD0A000E0603F0182648@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> John Adair <nkchuckf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> For reasons which entirely escape me, my Desktop is in the Trash.
>
> I don't know why it doesn't work just to move it back.
>
> Here's what I would try:
>
> Start a terminal window. You should be in your home directory (type
> "pwd" to check). Do "ls .Trash" to check that the directory
> "Desktop" is there. Make sure you haven't go a new Desktop directory
> in your home directory from when you tried to move it back (do
> "ls Desktop" to see) - if you have, rename it "mv Desktop Desktop-xxx".
> Then move the real Desktop out of the trash: "mv .Trash/Desktop ."
Thanks. As it turned out, a restart cleared the Desktop (that is, stopped
it
displaying all the files that were in the Trash) and then I was able to
drag
everything back (it just moved this time without copying).
John
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