Recover Nautilus places folders
How to recover Nautilus (File manager in Gnome) places folders.
Check ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs and make sure the following entries exist and properly setup
.config/user-dirs.dirs
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Downloads"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documents"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/Music"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Pictures"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Videos"
After saving the file, run the following command to reload Nautilus settings:
xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update