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<title>Locations</title>
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<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Michael</firstname>
<surname>Anderson</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>nosrednaekim@gmail.com</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname>
<surname>Mahfouf</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>annma@kde.org</email></address>
</affiliation></author>
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<date>2021-09-05</date>
<releaseinfo>Plasma 5.22</releaseinfo>
<keywordset>
<keyword>Plasma</keyword>
<keyword>KControl</keyword>
<keyword>desktop</keyword>
<keyword>paths</keyword>
<keyword>location</keyword>
<keyword>systemsetting</keyword>
</keywordset>
</articleinfo>
<para>This is a module to configure essential paths for the &plasma; desktop.</para>
<para>
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<screeninfo>Configure some &kde; paths</screeninfo>
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<phrase>Configure some &kde; paths</phrase>
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</para>
<note>
<para>
Drives that are automounted at login cannot be used as paths. Such drives will be reverted to defaults during restart of &plasma;.
</para>
</note>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Desktop path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>The Desktop folder contains all the files which you see in a <guilabel>Folder View</guilabel> widget on your desktop. The default path is usually <filename class="directory">~/Desktop</filename> but you can change here the location of this folder.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Documents path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save documents from or to.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Downloads path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to save your downloaded items.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Videos path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save movies from or to.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Pictures path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save pictures from or to.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Music path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save music from or to.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>If you change a path and click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> a dialog appears where you can choose to move the content to the
new folder or use the new folder without moving the files.</para>
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