Hi, when setting up a xfce4 desktop, the ${HOME}/.config/xfce4 directory contains direct references to the store, which can later be garbage collected: ~$ grep -r "/gnu/store" .config .config/xfce4/panel/launcher-9/14865882321.desktop:Exec=/gnu/store/84x54ph8x8z2m77sln39nh5dkkjmj64g-exo-0.10.3/bin/exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator .config/xfce4/panel/launcher-11/14865882323.desktop:Exec=/gnu/store/84x54ph8x8z2m77sln39nh5dkkjmj64g-exo-0.10.3/bin/exo-open --launch WebBrowser %u .config/xfce4/panel/launcher-10/14865882322.desktop:Exec=/gnu/store/84x54ph8x8z2m77sln39nh5dkkjmj64g-exo-0.10.3/bin/exo-open --launch FileManager %u .config/xfce4/panel/launcher-12/14865882324.desktop:Exec=/gnu/store/0cgfqzxsx0mimkwqmdn9z52zk0c387kw-xfce4-appfinder-4.12.0/bin/xfce4-appfinder .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml: .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml: .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml: .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml: .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml: .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml: .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml: .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-desktop.xml: I think the launcher items can be replaced by the just the executables, without a path. The desktop images can probably be replaced by /run/current-system/profile/share/backgrounds/xfce/...? Thomas