# Locations

Michael
Anderson

    nosrednaekim@gmail.com

Anne-Marie
Mahfouf

    annma@kde.org

2018-12-10
Plasma 5.14
Plasma
KControl
desktop
paths
location
systemsetting

This is a module to configure essential paths for the &plasma; desktop.

Configure some &kde; paths Configure some &kde; paths

Desktop path:

  The Desktop folder contains all the files which you see in a Folder View widget on your desktop. The default path is usually `~/Desktop` but you can change here the location of this folder.

Autostart path:

  The Autostart folder contains applications or links to applications or scripts you want to start whenever &plasma; starts. You can change the location of this folder if you want to.

Documents path:

  This folder will be used by default to load or save documents from or to.

Download path:

  This folder will be used by default to save your downloaded items.

Movies path:

  This folder will be used by default to load or save movies from or to.

Pictures path:

  This folder will be used by default to load or save pictures from or to.

Music path:

  This folder will be used by default to load or save music from or to.

If you change a path and click Apply a dialog appears where you can choose to move the content to the new folder or use the new folder without moving the files.