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mpajoh

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Registered: 2016-03-22

Posts: 7

Reset the desktop

All:
Is there an easy way to reset the desktop to initial XFCE settings, i.e. to the initial state when XFCE is first installed?

Thanks,
Masoud

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I use F25 and Gnome Xfce, with all updates applied, on a X86_64 kernel with 4gb of DRAM and EVGA Geforce 7600 GS PCI-E 256mb DDR2 video card.

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,493

Re: Reset the desktop

See: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xf … t_settings.

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mpajoh

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Registered: 2016-03-22

Posts: 7

Re: Reset the desktop

Thank you very much.

Masoud

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I use F25 and Gnome Xfce, with all updates applied, on a X86_64 kernel with 4gb of DRAM and EVGA Geforce 7600 GS PCI-E 256mb DDR2 video card.

k-3.14

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From: Rhineland

Registered: 2017-02-18

Posts: 156

Re: Reset the desktop

@ToZ

You pointed to that archlinux wiki article for resetting the Xfce desktop, but I am missing that folder

~/.config/xfce4-session/

That leaves

mv ~/.config/xfce4/ ~/.config/xfce4-bak

for doing a reset.

That's all?

Under KDE doing a desktop reset was quite easy, just backup and reset

~/.config/kde4/

br

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,493

Re: Reset the desktop

Yes, deleting the ~/.config/xfce4 and ~/.cache/sessions ~/.cache/xfce4 should do. I don't think ~/.config/xfce4-session is used anymore.

You should do this while not logged in or not running the Xfce DE.

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k-3.14

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From: Rhineland

Registered: 2017-02-18

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Re: Reset the desktop

Thank you for that clarification.

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