diff --git a/xdg/.config/user-dirs.dirs b/xdg/.config/user-dirs.dirs
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+++ b/xdg/.config/user-dirs.dirs
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+XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/"
+XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/downloads"
+XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/"
+XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/"
+XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/documents"
+XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/music"
+XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/pictures"
+XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/"
diff --git a/xdg/.config/user-dirs.locale b/xdg/.config/user-dirs.locale
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7741b83
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+++ b/xdg/.config/user-dirs.locale
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+en_US