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>>>>> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>:

> maybe try:
> - exit Emacs
> - mv ~/.emacs.d/.emacs.desktop ~/workspaces/
> - start Emacs

It didn't work, unfortunately.

Emacs doesn't use the ~/workspaces/.emacs.desktop and creates a new
~/.emacs.d/.emacs.desktop