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'Files' file browser opens multiple windows [closed]

I'm using the new 'Files' file browser on Ubuntu 13.04. Here's the problem, I open the browser and access a directory which is not in the partition containing root and then minimise the window. If ...
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Disable downloaded files in dash

How can I disable the downloaded files section from the Unity Dash? I have already excluded the downloads folder in my privacy settings but that doesn't help.
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How to connect a SONY PSP system to ubuntu?

I tried to connect my SONY PSP e1004 on to my UBUNTU 12.10 desktop,But no result.Nothing happens.What will I do? I must connect my PSP to computer for file and games sharing.Tell me what to do!
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dash search results not showing my files

I am using the dash search to find files(mostly video files) but its only displaying recently played files.My files are in a different partition,and yes I have mounted those drives.How do I get the ...
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Why is unity-files-daemon accessing my files once per day? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: All files in home folder have been accessed at (almost) same time All my files in my home folder are accessed recursively once per day (last access timestamp is set). ...
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How to prevent files from being shown in Unity dash?

I don't want file names to be completed in my unity dash, for privacy and security reasons. Is there a way to disable files from being shown in the dash? Note that I am able to hide recently used ...
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How exactly does Unity handle desktop files? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Where are the Unity Launcher .desktop files? I searched for a .desktop file for supermeatboy since it wasn't in /usr/share/applications/ . So I used the Terminal: ...
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What files do I need in my home to login in to unity?

I have replaced the generated home with my old home folder. Now I can not log in to unity. (i can login to tty1) How do I best fix this? What files is needed in home to login? I started without: ...
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Unable to sign into 11.10 user

I upgraded to 12.04 today from 11.10 from a bootable thumbdrive. The upgrade took approximately 8 hours. I had to make a new user, and I'm unable to sign into my user that I used in 11.10. I can see ...
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How can you access a folder you want quickly?

You can't put folders in launcher in easy way, so how you access folders or files in fast and easy way?
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Full text file search in Unity [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Can the Unity dash search for content within files? I have recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 and I cannot figure out how to achieve the full text search using the file ...
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Am I able to pin files to the launcher? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I add a document shortcut to the Unity Panel? I am working on a project, and I'd like to be able to pin it to the launcher (as opposed to pinning the app to open ...
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How to make changes in xdg-user-dirs.dirs have effect in files lens?

I've changed some favourite folder locations in ~/.config/xdg-user-dirs.dirs, since I prefer different locations for Music and Pictures folder, and nautilus recognized the changes. However the Unity ...
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Are there any hotkeys in dash for choosing among search term matches?

Are there any hotkeys for dash, once a search term has been entered? For example, if I would like to go to a folder very quickly I would want to press super+f to open the dash and then type the ...
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Unity “Files & Folders” lens can't find anything

Recently, the Unity "Files & Folders" lens can not find anything I am searching for using the dash. Let's give an example : I want to find a document called "Figure_1.png". Before this trouble, I ...
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How can I search for files in Unity?

I'm trying to use the dash instead of gnome-do, but I can't find files. "Find files" only returns "Top Results". In gnome-do, I was able to set some often-used directories to index. For example, I ...
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Unity File Lens Giving Useless or No Results

I just installed Natty fresh on my laptop, and for the purposes of this experiment, I have one file on my system. My Downloads, Documents, Music, etc are all empty, but Pictures contains one file ...
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How can I keep recent files from appearing in Unity?

I sometimes browse erotic media files but I would like to avoid having them appear in files & folders / recent. How can I do that? The old "making .recently-used.xbel a folder" trick from 10.10 ...