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I was trying to create my own desktop environment and was working with sudo nautilus and i accidentally deleted .desktop entry for ubuntu 3d, help needed

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Your case is just a very good example of Why you shouldn't use nautilus with root power – Anwar Oct 1 '12 at 13:15

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I assume you mean /usr/share/xsessions/ubuntu.desktop file.

Here is the contents of that file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Ubuntu
Comment=This session logs you into Ubuntu
Exec=gnome-session --session=ubuntu
TryExec=unity
Icon=
Type=Application
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-session-3.0

Save it to /usr/share/xsessions/ubuntu.desktop and you have your session back. For editing purpose, you can use the TTY logins via Ctrl-Alt-F1 shortcut.

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