11-15-2018, 08:59 PM
I think I’ve found the solution, courtesy of those on the Linux Mint site.
The problem occurs when multiple spurious icons.screen0xxxxxxxxx.rc files get created, and are left as junk files within the hidden folder :
In Thunar you have to select View, Show Hidden Files from the the Menu to see them.
In my case there were about half a dozen junk files, that were causing ambiguities and conflicts, and were dated August 18, which was when I was doing the initial installation and configuration of my new main PC.
The solution is to delete all but the last file of icons.screen0xxxxxxxxx.rc, which should be dated Today. Presumably, dependent on your configuration, you may also have icons.screen1…. etc.
Back in the old days of UNIX (70s early 80s) there were janitor processes that would automatically schedule and clean up this sort of problem. Presumably Linux still has an equivalent somewhere.
The problem occurs when multiple spurious icons.screen0xxxxxxxxx.rc files get created, and are left as junk files within the hidden folder :
Code:
/home/colink/.config/xfce4/desktop/In my case there were about half a dozen junk files, that were causing ambiguities and conflicts, and were dated August 18, which was when I was doing the initial installation and configuration of my new main PC.
The solution is to delete all but the last file of icons.screen0xxxxxxxxx.rc, which should be dated Today. Presumably, dependent on your configuration, you may also have icons.screen1…. etc.
Back in the old days of UNIX (70s early 80s) there were janitor processes that would automatically schedule and clean up this sort of problem. Presumably Linux still has an equivalent somewhere.
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