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I recently upgraded to 13.10 Saucy Salamander and as most of us know, it is the first Ubuntu version to truly use Smart Scopes. While this is useful and I do like parts of it, I don't want all of the results it brings.

So, I went over to the Filter Results bar and changed it to what I wanted (it was giving me online results over searching my computer and such, such not even bringing up Firefox when I searched for it) and then started the program I wanted.

Later I went back to search and all of those specifications I made were gone. It was bringing up online results first again and all of the defaults I had turned off were back on.

Here's a screenshot of what is happening: firefox search

I don't completely want to remove Scopes, as I have heard this can cause problems, but I really would like the functionality I need.

Also, when I go to, say the Applications Scope, it just shows this:

application scope

I can't browse my applications!

Please help me, as I really don't want to remove Scopes or even down-grade to 13.04!

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  • Problem solved?
    – Kaz Wolfe
    Dec 17, 2013 at 20:04
  • @FrankSlezak Sorry, I had to go get my braces taken off Hallelujah!Hallelujah! Yes, marking as answer Dec 18, 2013 at 2:11
  • Glad i could help. WOAH. 777 reputation....
    – Kaz Wolfe
    Dec 18, 2013 at 22:19

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Try installing unity-lens-applications

You can do this by sudo apt-get install unity-lens-applications

If that doesn't work, remove it with sudo apt-get purge unity-lens-applications
MAKE SURE IT WON'T REMOVE ANY OTHER PACKAGES! If it does, make a note of them.

Then, sudo apt-get install unity-lens-applications <+ any purged>

Also, try sudo apt-get install unity-scope-home

If that doesn't work, try rm -rf ~/.local/share/zeitgeist and relogging.

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  • This worked when I ran sudo apt-get purge unity-lens-applications and then sudo apt-get install unity-lens-applications. This didn't seem to work, so I also tried sudo apt-get purge unity-scope-home and then sudo apt-get install unity-scope-home, as per this answer. I then logged out and back in again and it works perfectly! The good old purge-reinstall-logout-login approach works again. Dec 18, 2013 at 2:16
  • Okay...just rebooted and the issue is back :P Dec 19, 2013 at 2:50
  • ehrm... it appears to be a config. Try rm -rf ~/.local/share/zeitgeist
    – Kaz Wolfe
    Dec 19, 2013 at 17:22
  • Do I need to logout and back in again for it to take effect, because just running the command has no effect.. :( Dec 19, 2013 at 18:16
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    read the answer...
    – Kaz Wolfe
    Dec 19, 2013 at 18:29

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