Dropping an update here, [same as I did on Stack Exchange](https://askubuntu.com/a/1490412/1105829):
I bumped into the same issue, and I was lucky enough to remember that the only change I made to my system today was to install [okular](https://github.com/KDE/okular). The fix above works fine, as long as I don't open okular. If I do, and then reboot, I am back to square one. Note that another user is suggesting that [adding hidden files to the folders prevents this from happening](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1488100/okular-breaking-home- directories-links). I cannot find any mention of this bug in the KDE bug tracker, so maybe I'll try to add a new one in the coming days. I hope this helps. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to xdg-user-dirs in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2036597 Title: Strange permissions and/or links to default directories in home folder (Music, Pictures, Public, Templates and Videos)) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdg-user-dirs/+bug/2036597/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
