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PlayonLinux error : Hidden files not hidden? (duplicate files are created that start with ~$)
I use PlayOnLinux to run Microsoft office and excel in Ubuntu 12.04 . For some reason, for every file I save there is a duplicate file name created in the same folder that starts with ~$ . This is ...
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Retrive contents as files from everpad when sync doesn't work
How can i retrieve all the contents from everpad to use in another user, syncing is not working though it says it have synced.
Edit: After another wrong decision, now i can't access the contents as i ...
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Hide and unhide folders
is there any way to unhide folders other than removing the "." in fornt of it. becasue i have minecraft and the folder which you install mods to is called ".minecraft" and its in /home/usr but i want ...
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How can I get mv (or the * wildcard) to move hidden files?
I am migrating my home directory from an old system to a new one, and the tarball I made contains everything, including hidden files like .bashrc. However, when I move the contents of the unpacked ...
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How can I stop the automatic creation of ~/.cache/motd.legal-displayed file?
In every home-directory on my Ubuntu Server is a .cache folder containing an empty file motd.legal-displayed. Is there a way to stop creating these .cache folders?
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regex to exclude all not hidden files/dirs in remastersys
I want to exclude all not hidden files and directories from my remastersysbackup via a regular expression.
In other words, I aim at doing a backup where my home folder is containing only hidden ...
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Make multiple files hidden?
I have a group of files I want hidden to avoid clutter. Is there a command that can simply make multiple files hidden? Is there an application? Is there a single command that will make the files I've ...
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Delete all files with certain name in entire directory
I have a directory that I want to delete all the .svn folders in all of its subdirectories. Is there a command that can do this without me having to go through each individual subdirectory and delete ...
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How to make folders like “System Volume Information” or “RECYCLER” hidden, just like it is on windows?
I have this external hard drive, and I used it in windows, now that I use it on Ubuntu, and it is kind of annoying to see files like System Volume Information, so how can I make it hidden?
Or how can ...
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Hiding images in folder without renaming or moving the files
I'm dual booting Ubuntu with Windows and I have all my music on a separate harddrive. In Windows the album art is hidden by default but when I access the folder in Ubuntu there is two album artwork ...
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windows 7 hard drive crashed; Loaded Ubuntu from USB, can't find files that were on win 7 desktop
I have hard drive that crashed and was running windows 7. I have a new drive, but need to get vital data off of old drive. I was successful in making a usb start up with ubuntu. It loads up and the ...
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Old files on computer not visible after upgrade
I have Acer Netbook AOA150 and I recently upgraded my Ubuntu to Ubuntu 12.04.1 version by selecting the option to upgrade and preserve old files. After installation, I am not able to view my old ...
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How to make bash quit tab autocompleting hidden directories
Most of the time, I don't need autocompletes for my hidden directories. In fact, that's the point of them being hidden! However, annoyingly, bash takes these directories into account when ...
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Cannot find files at home folder from liveCD after failed upgrade
I just tried upgrading my ubuntu from 11.10 to 12.4o but it immediately failed. When I search for my files stored at the home folder they are not there.
I have tried running the live CD version of of ...
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How can I search and locate a system folder
Files & Folders Lens can be used to locate user's documents easily, but it seems ignoring system files and folders.
How can I search & locate system files and folders?
(Say for example I ...
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What are the '~' files created when I edit something and can I delete them? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Prevent gedit from creating files with the '~' suffix
I've noticed that every time i edit or in anyway modify a .txt, .php, .html, .doc etc file, after I save ...
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How to access Dungeon Crawl “morgue” (files for past games)?
I recently got a small game from Software Center called Dungeon Crawl and I can't figure out how to view my past games. It says the morgue file (of game'overs) is in the /home/owner/.crawl/morgue/ ...
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How to hide files and folders in Nautilus?
I want to hide, most of the folders in root (/) using Nautilus. Probably the only folders in / I want shown are /home and /tmp.
In addition to hiding folders, I also want to hide two files: ...
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Have they fixed the incorrect folder size bug in Nautilus already? [closed]
For more than six years Nautilus has been reporting incorrectly the total size of folders with hidden files. Think about it for a minute: your default file manager doesn't give you a way to know the ...
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How to hide folder [duplicate]
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How can I hide directories without changing their names?
How can I hide a folder and only see it when Ctrl+H is pressed?
I have checked in Properties and couldn't find ...
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Which hidden folder in my home folder contain the data for the Passwords and Keys application?
I made a fresh install of Precise Pangolin beta from Oneiric. I saved my home folder on an external drive. Now I want to copy passwords and keys to the new installation.
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Hidden files in Nautilus after extracting ISO
I extracted the information from an ISO Image and from Nautilus I could only see two folders, but from the terminal I can see the rest of the files and folders. These folders do not have the . ...
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Ubuntu One and Hidden files sync
Libreoffice uses a file to lock documents you are editing that has a .(period) as the first letter of the name.
Ubuntu One does not sync this file so I have no protection from multiple editors of a ...
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What is ~/.face (binary)?
I just noticed this file, .face, in my home directory:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14747 2012-01-07 01:35 .face
Never seen it or heard of it before, and google doesn't seem to know either. ...
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Why delete .hidden folders in home when reinstalling broken programs?
For things like dealing with skype and pulseaudio problems, I'm routinely advised by various internet sources to delete my foldername folders in my user's home directory (such as .pulse .skype). It ...
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Open file dialog defaults to showing hidden files
My open file dialog is defaulting to showing hidden files, I have to press Ctrl-H to get to the files I want, but this is not saved across instances of the dialog.
I can't find a settings panel to ...
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How to Hide files and folder for Windows from Ubuntu
In Ubuntu I can protect files by hiding them or change the owner and permission. But I am using dual boot (Windows and Ubuntu), so Ubuntu's hidden files and directories are easily visible from ...
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Why eclipse can not find the hidden .project file until I press Ctrl-H on folder?
I am using eclipse on Ubuntu 11.10
When I try to open an project in eclipse IDE, it complains that the .project file can not be found. Now if I open the project folder in Ubuntu file browser and ...
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Can I change the location of config files away from my home folder?
I have this question, is posible to change the default location for hidden personal config folders from /home/user to another location? I mean the folders .cache ..compiz-1 etc.
Thanks for answering.
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Show hidden .htaccess files by default
I was wondering if there is some method to display .htaccess files by default in every folder i create it.
Is it possible to exclude .htaccess files from the hidden files?
Maybe from the terminal
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Hide desktop.ini and Thumbs.db files
I have Ubuntu and Windows 7 on my computer. Now I have a problem, I want to hide the desktop.ini and Thumbs.db files Windows automaticly creates.
I can't rename all files to .desktop.ini and ...
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How do I hide hidden files in gnome-do? Is the plug-in broken?
Gnome Do has a by default installed plugin which - when activated - offeres to search your computer. You can decide which directories to search and how deep.
However, you may not index too much since ...
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Accessing hidden folders from a live CD
I'm having issues with backing up hidden folders from an Ubuntu installation.
My kids PC motherboard recently died. I've built them a new system, but it's a different processor/architecture, so the ...
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How to disable viewing Window's hidden files in Ubuntu?
I used Ubuntu 10.10 with Wubi. It has been such a confusing matter that my hidden files on Window now can easily be seen on Ubuntu. It's not good at all.
How can I disable this function of Ubuntu?
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Hidden files are shown in Dash
I have several hidden files in a folder that are private and need to remain private.
I do not mind people seeing what I do on my system but after I open one of these files I can find them through ...
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How to hide (in Thunar and Nautilus) a directory without putting a dot in its name?
Usually Linux programs store user's settings in ~/.* directories. But unfortunately some developers (of some applications I need) do not follow this rule and don't start their settings storage folders ...
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How to hide files with a specific extension
I have set of temp files created in my folder with .bak extensions. How can I make them hide by default in Ubuntu?
I tried adding a .hidden file with *.bak as entry in the file, but that is not ...
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How can I hide directories without changing their names?
The OCD in me wants directories I do not like the name of to be hidden since I do not interact with them directly.
How can I hide directories without using the dot notation?
