You can use xdg-user-dirs-update
command to set Desktop
.
xdg-user-dirs-update --set DESKTOP $HOME/NewDesktop
But at first check out your locale names
cat ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
For English locale they are:
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents" XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads" XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music" XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures" XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Public" XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Templates" XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
You can set any of the above
xdg-user-dirs-update --set DOWNLOAD ~/Internet
in order for the changes to take effect nautilus -q
.
For more info check out https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/XDG_user_directories