Replicating the desktop settings for one user based on another user

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2a. Replace this new user's ~/.config/xfce4 folder with the existing user's ~/.config/xfce4 folder. I did this as follows using these two commands but I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do it:

Code:

sudo rm -r /home/newuser/.config/xfce4
sudo cp -r /home/mainuser/.config/xfce4 /home/newuser/.config/.

I would do the operations just by copying and pasting the files in Thunar opened as a root - by right click and choosing the root option, or by opening Thunar by the commands in the terminal: sudo su - [ password ] - thunar

These will open Thunar with admin privileges for me to copy and paste necessary files.  8)
I don't know whether this way is really elegant, but for me it is easier and faster as I am a former Win-user and got accustomed to do such things like this - without too complicated terminal commands.