I actually deleted the ~/Desktop folder. Thanks to your answer i found the fix. I created the folder again and edited ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs to point to it.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1876561 Title: Launching terminal or typing commands in it makes the desktop "refresh" Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: By refresh i mean that every icons disappear before reappearing. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-terminal 3.36.1.1-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-28.32-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-28-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun May 3 10:15:55 2020 ExecutablePath: /usr/libexec/gnome-terminal-server InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-28 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) ProcEnviron: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en PATH=(custom, no user) SHELL=/usr/bin/zsh XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> SourcePackage: gnome-terminal UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1876561/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

