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[psypher <209513@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This bug just occurred to me on oneiric, it's been how long since Lucid?
Still not assigned? This started happening to me when I created a new
user and switched to that new user using fast user switching

Please can it be attended to or better explained in the error box.

Thanks

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Title:
  After upgrade, "Update standard folders to current language" threatens
  to rename your home folder

Status in “xdg-user-dirs” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Occurs during:
  * Ubuntu Gutsy upgrade to Hardy beta
  * Ubuntu 8.04.1 routine updates
  * Ubuntu 8.04.1 upgrade to Intrepid beta

  After upgrading, this dialog appears:

     Update standard folders to current language?

     You have logged in in a new language. You can automatically update
  the names of some standard folders in your home folder to match this
  language. The update would change the following folders:

     Current folder name:       New folder name:

     /home/jamie                      /home/jamie/Videos

     Note that existing content will not be moved.

  WTF?  (My home directory _is_ /home/jamie).  What is this trying to
  do?  Will it rename my home directory?  Or is it just updating default
  directory where Nautilus searches?  Or where downloaded files are
  saved??  (There's no Help button, btw.)

  The only sane thing is to say "No, thanks" (i.e. "Keep old names").
  Perhaps that's the wrong answer, but the dialog text isn't clear about
  what this change does, so I'd be foolish to say yes.

  Either (1) this shouldn't appear and show those paths, it's a bug, or
  (2) this dialog is correct, but the text should be better at saying
  that it's safe and merely changes default paths of no great
  consequence.

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