My Desktop folder is not localized ...

Hi,
In use the French canadian version of Maverick. All system folder names (Library = Bibliothèque, etc ...) are translated except my Desktop folder. In French it should be named «Bureau» but it still is named «Desktop».
I tried to change the language of the system and to come back to French, but that does not do it. What could be the reason for that ?
Best regards.
Robert Lespérance
Québec, Canada

Robert Lesperance wrote:
Can you explain what was going wrong ?
Partially. To switch languages, folders need to have a file called .localized in them. Names that start with a dot are invisible, so you don't see this. Sometimes they get lost. The Terminal command creates a new one.

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