It seems like this only affects English (UK) locale. When switching from German to English (US) the update works fine.
The issue is definitely reproduceable when switching from German to English (UK). -- xdg-user-dirs-gtk-update doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/202859 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to xdg-user-dirs-gtk in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs