Questions tagged [nautilus]
Nautilus (also known as GNOME Files) is the default file manager for Ubuntu and as such is used to manage files and folders. Nautilus is called "Files" by default on Ubuntu.
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How to create password protected archive in Caja file-manager?
I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
Previously in 16.04 LTS I used Nautilus for such action.
How can I create password protected archive using Caja file-manager here?
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Keyboard shortcut/command for opening a new nautilus window and raise it
What is the shortcut for opening a new window (opening folders). for that I have to go to folder options and right click and then need to click on open new window.
or I have to make focus on the ...
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Nautilus can set desktop wallpaper. How can it set login and lock screen wallpaper?
In Nautilus there is a menu option to use the current image as desktop wallpaper:
How can I use the current image as wallpaper for the Login screen and Lock screen?
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How do I get permission to edit in my usb
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and earlier today it was working just fine but now I'm having problems editing files on my usb stick. All I did today was installing some themes and a firewall (gufw), maybe ...
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Is there a way to restore Nautilus' split screen (F3) feature?
I am using Ubuntu 13.04 since today and I am missing the split screen function in Nautilus. Is there any way to patch Nautilus so that this amazing function is usable again?
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Bring back `BackSpace` Keyboard Shortcuts on nautilus and thunar
I want to use the "BackSpace" button as a shortcut key on nautilus. I want to return to the previous folder whilst browsing the Home folder, just like windows 7.
Also I want the same thing while ...
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Nautilus won't launch [16.04]
If I try to launch Nautilus in whatever way (from Unity, Terminal), it doesn't launch. Terminal gives me these outputs:
launch
name@machine:~$ nautilus
(nautilus:4367): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: Settings ...
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How can I add a bookmark in my nautilus folder explorer
In Ubuntu 11 I just dragged the folder there. This seems to be not possible on my new Samsung ultrabook with Ubuntu 12.04
I've tried Ctrl+D and using the top menu but nothing happens and no error ...
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Nautilus Git integration
Is there any equivalent to TortoiseSVN but for Ubuntu / Git? I'd like to integrate Git commands to Nautilus.
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How to customize (add/remove folders/directories) the "Places" menu of Ubuntu 13.04 "Files" application?
I can't seem to find a way to customize (add/remove folders/directories) the "Places" menu in the most recent "Files" application of Ubuntu 13.04. The procedures used with "Nautilus" in the previous ...
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How to hide all desktop icons in 12.04 and later?
In 11.10 Using Configuration editor, one used to be able to edit a boolean parameter named : Desktop_Show
This allowed to hide/show all desktop icons.
This latter was removed in 12.04.
Someone, ...
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How can I see a folder and a subfolder in the same window?
How can I navigate folders and subfolders at the same time?
Like "column view" in Mac OS X.
Edit 2: I use Ubuntu 14.04 and I couldn't install Marlin, so I installed "Pantheon File Manager" instead.
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How to apply Mac like 'labels' on nautilus?
Can we some how use color labels on icons like OS X?
Something like this:
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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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Can't open desktop folders by double-clicking on Ubuntu 17.10
When I try to open folders (and the trash can) by double-clicking on them on the desktop nothing happens. However, when I right-click on the folder, select "Open with another application", and then ...
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Where is the "Starred" directory in the Nautilus sidebar stored
I am looking for the location of the "Starred" directory that is listed at the top of the sidebar in Nautilus on Ubuntu 19.04. I can find nothing under the name "Starred" on my system.
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How to change drive's name? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
how can i give other drives and partitions short, meaningful names (in nautilus)?
I've got two Windows drives next to the Ubuntu drive, they are called XXXGB Filesystem, where ...
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Nautilus: Visited directory via symlink, now I can't go one level up in the target directory hierarchy
I created a shortcut via "make link" option. When I enter to this shortcut's folder I can't see any folders above it so I can't easily navigate to them.
Is there a way to go one folder up in the GUI? ...
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Nautilus video thumbnails without totem
I've removed totem and installed VLC instead. Now video files thumbnails are gone. Is there any way to get thumbnails back without reinstalling totem?
I know I can have both totem and VLC, but I ...
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Nautilus Thumbnails Size Fix
Nautilus displays thumbnails very small when I have it set to 200% icon zoom in icon mode. I would prefer to have 5 columns of icons like this, but with larger picture and video icons:
When I set the ...
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How to display Trash and Home folder icons?
I've googled quite a bit but nothing I've found works. I just want to display the Trash, Home folder, Computer etc icons on my Desktop in Ubuntu.
The closest I've come is installing dconf-tools, ...
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Network share 'remember forever' option doesn't work
I use Ubuntu 11.10 with xfce & gnome, and am dependent on company network infrastructure for windows shares (as well as Outlook, but more on that later). So I also fall under their password policy,...
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How to create custom thumbnailers for Nautilus, Nemo, and Caja?
Nautilus (GNOME Files) and Nautilus-based file managers, namely Nemo and Caja, already create previews for many common file types with their default thumbnailers. There are also a number of other ...
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How to run Dolphin instead of Nautilus?
For various reasons, one being that I like it more, I want to run Dolphin as my default file manager in stock Ubuntu 12.04. I've installed dolphin.
I've done:
sudo mv /usr/bin/nautilus /usr/bin/...
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Why is this file name truncated in Nautilus?
In Ubuntu the "extension" to a file name, that is, the part after the dot (.) is normally visible. Why is Nautilus not showing the extension of eclipse.desktop when the ls command clearly shows that ...
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Files (Nautilus) in 19.10 - drag-n-drop on desktop doesn't work
If I insert a flash drive and try to drag any files onto desktop - nothing happens.
Or from any other folder.
Drag 'n copy only works if you open desktop in nautilus ("show desktop in files").
I ...
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Make "compact view" as a default directory view instead of "icon view"
How can I make "compact view" the default for all directory views in File Manager, instead of "icon view" ?
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Nautilus crashes when accessing some folders
Since the past few days, Nautilus has started crashing whenever I access one of the Documents, video, pictures, download folder. It does not happen when I access the home folder and other mounted ...
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Is there any way to Install Latest Nautilus File Manager in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I am so desperate to use Nautilus File Manager 3.6 or above in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I have tried a lot of ways but finally tired to ask this question.
I went for this link: How do I install Nautilus 3.6 ...
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File association to unlisted application
While browsing files in nautilus, I want to open a tex file with Kile. But, when I get to a dialog similar to the screenshot below, I do not see Kile. Yet, I see it in the "Open With" menu.
How do I ...
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Nautilus 7z compression
I know p7zip package is not installed by default on Ubuntu 18.04. Still Nautilus is able to create 7z archives. How is this possible?
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Where to configure shortcut keys of Nautilus?
I would like to configure and change some shortcut keys of Nautilus (file manager of Ubuntu). Does anyone know where I could do that?
Edit1: Precisely, initial binding for "go to parent folder" in ...
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Bash script with execute permissions won't run with double click [duplicate]
I have a bash script that has permission to execute, but when I double click it in nautilus it won't execute, instead it opens as text in gedit.
In properties it says open with: gedit, and that ...
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Larger thumbnails for pictures in nautilus
I am trying to browse through a folder of screenshots I'd like the thumbnails to be bigger
In nautilus there is an option to zoom in to 133% but this isn't really big enough still, and appears to be ...
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Bookmarks in nautilus only in menu, not in the shortcut tab
Bookmarks added to Nautilus using Ctrl + D do not appear under "bookmarks" in the Nautilus windows -- but they can well be seen in the Bookmarks menu entry:
I tried to restart Nautilus and log out / ...
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Nautilus stopped working after update to 3.6.1
This morning the Ubuntu Update Manager upgraded nautilus to 3.6.1
srirangan@pangolin76:~$ nautilus --version
GNOME nautilus 3.6.1
after which it has stopped working
srirangan@pangolin76:~$ nautilus
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What are the new Nautilus (3.6) shortcuts in Ubuntu 13.04?
I post this question since new nautilus is very 'keyboard unfriendly', specially for one-key shortcuts. From 3.4 to 3.6 the very useful 'backspace' shortcut to go to parent directory has gone (along ...
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nautilus connect to server via ssh no longer present in ubuntu 14.04
I just upgrade to ubuntu 14.04 and I see that the connect to another server via SSH is no longer part of the nautilus environment. Can anyone direct me how to re-enable this feature.
thanks,
Wayne
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Failed to execute child process "net" when entering Nautilus
When typing either of the commands nautilus . or xdg-open . into terminal, they execute correctly, but with a warning:
Nautilus-Share-Message: Called "net usershare info" but it failed:
Failed to ...
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How to stop Nautilus from creating thumbnails of specific file types?
I'm trying to stop Nautilus from creating thumbnails of PDF files. In another thread on 'Ubuntu forums' someone said to open gconf-editor and disable the PDF entry in the '/desktop/gnome/thumbnailers' ...
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Nautilus not generating thumbnails for GIF images
No matter what I try (changing the preview options, deleting the thumbnail cache, etc.), Nautilus in Ubuntu 15.04 does not generate thumbnails for GIF image files. However, it generates a thumbnail ...
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How to automount a gvfs file system on logon
I configured a remote folder in nautilus. I always need this remote folder, so I created a symbolic link to it in my home folder: ln -s ~/.gvfs/remote_folder ~/remote_folder.
Though, when I first ...
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How to make nautilus forget saved password? [duplicate]
I am browsing Shared folders on a Windows network through Samba.
When I first opened a system on the network I was asked for a login username, password and I checked the save-password setting. Now ...
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How can I display "recent folders" in the sidebar of "Save as" dialogue?
I was using 14.04 and upgraded to 16.04 yesterday.
In 14.04 I had recent folders on top of the sidebar of the Save as dialogue when I saved something from the net (Firefox if that helps). But that ...
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Cannot connect to Samba share from Nautilus
I have Ubuntu 10.04 and I would like to connect to my Samba shares which are on a DLink DNS323.
From Nautilus in "Places" -> "Network" I can easily navigate to the DND323 and see the available shares....
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How can I write Nautilus scripts in Python?
I want to write a Nautilus script in Python. Is that possible? If it is possible, how can I do that?
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Missing new file in Ubuntu 13.04
The New file operation is missing in Ubuntu 13.04. How can I fix it?
I have only "New Folder".
How can I add the New File option again?
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How can I make all applications use Nemo's file selection dialog instead of Nautilus?
I switched to nemo a long time ago, because I think it's superior to nautilus in many ways. One small thing bothers me however:
Whenever I want to open a document in gedit (or evince, but I'm sure ...
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How do I set the background color/pattern in a Nautilus window?
In Previous versions of Ubuntu, I used to go under the edit menu to set the background color of a Nautilus window. I have no idea how to do this in Ubuntu.
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How do you create a "new document" keyboard shortcut?
While I have a nautilus window open I can do Ctrl+Shift+N to create a new folder in the current directory. However there is no default keyboard shortcut for creating a new document. How would I create ...
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