no desktop icons/files after start

[NiBu]

After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.10 I don't see any files/launchers on the desktop after start.
But if I create a new Desktop folder per context menu, all files/launchers appear on the desktop.

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.10
Release: 20.10

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
Package: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons 20.04.0+git20200908-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.8.0-33.36-generic 5.8.17
Uname: Linux 5.8.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu50.3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Jan 3 21:58:11 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-08-04 (518 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to groovy on 2020-11-18 (46 days ago)

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thanks for the bug report. I've now generalized bug 1883174 so we can group it with that.