diff --git a/.config/user-dirs.conf b/.config/user-dirs.conf
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+# disable automatic creation of missing xdg-user-dirs
+# see also $HOME/.config/user-dirs.dirs
+
+enabled=False
diff --git a/.config/user-dirs.dirs b/.config/user-dirs.dirs
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+# requires xdg-user-dirs to work
+
+# Format is XDG_xxx_DIR="$HOME/yyy", where yyy is a shell-escaped
+# homedir-relative path, or XDG_xxx_DIR="/yyy", where /yyy is an
+# absolute path. No other format is supported.
+ 
+#XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop"
+XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Archiv/Downloads"
+#XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/Vorlagen"
+#XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/Öffentlich"
+XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Archiv/Dokumente"
+XDG_MUSIC_DIR="/mnt/network/Audio"
+XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/Archiv/Bilder"
+XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="/mnt/network/Videos"