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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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Nautilus Menu appearing behind transparent gnome-shell menubar

I installed Ubuntu 11.10 beta when it was released a couple of weeks ago. Everything is working fine. Later I installed GNOME shell and then upgraded it from the gnome-shell testing ppa. I also ...
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Ubuntu 21.04 Nautilus sidebar Desktop icon is missing

It has been asked many times but none of the solutions helped me. I updated from 20.10 and now Nautilus sidebar Desktop icon is missing. Here's my user-dirs.dirs: # This file is written by xdg-user-...
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My video (.mkv) thumbnails are green (or monochromatic)?

When I installed Ubuntu Gnome 17.04 thumbnails for .mkv were not showing up at all, Then it automatically got fixed, now it's generating the Thumbnails but as weird as it may sound, they're all green (...
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How do I disable nautilus desktop?

I am using nautilus on xfce and oneiric, but the desktop of nautilus shows up although I have activated it via gconf, e.g. by gconftool-2 \ ...
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Bash script doesn't run from nautilus, but does run from terminal

Before I add more detail to my question, I have to say something very important: Yes, my script has "Allow executing file as program" turned on. The question itself: For programming reasons (...
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How to add "open with custom command" option in right click menu of Nautilus

Sometimes while going to open a file from Nautilus I do not find the intended application in "open with" menu on right click. Or the desired application remains hidden in a long list of applications. ...
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How can I create keyboard shortcuts for my nautilus scripts?

In Ubuntu I can create handy nautilus scripts by putting .sh files into ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts directory, and they will appear in the right click context menu in nautilus. In 11.04, I used to be ...
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How do I install Nautilus 3.6 in 12.10?

I like new version of Nautilus (3.6), but Ubuntu 12.10 shipped with 3.4 So how can I install version 3.6 in Ubuntu 12.10?
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Why can't I make a file association in Nautilus?

After upgrading to 11.10, the association I had created to open SGF files with an application called quarry is lost. If I select Right-button->Properties->Open With... on an SGF file, quarry is not ...
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Different nautilus thumbnails rendering for text files

I have Ubuntu 14.04 Gnome edition on both my laptop and the desktop; both are up-to-date but they have a different past-history of installations and upgrades. Now, text-type thumbnails are different ...
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Ubuntu 14 Nautilus Font is wrong

As you can see, Nautilus font has suddenly stopped respecting the OS defaults. It happened by random after a boot today. Resetting fonts to default does not help. Any ideas what's happening? Edit: ...
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How can I change the default folder location that nautilus opens?

The default is that clicking on the folder in the unity dock opens the home directory. Since there are shortcuts for all the sub-folders of the home directory in the sidebar already, I'd prefer the ...
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Missing Thumbnails for .swf files in Nautilus?

Before I upgraded to Maverick, .swf files used to have a thumbnail in Nautilus. However, Nautilus doesn't generate thumbnails for them anymore, even after removing ~/.thumbnails/, which most likely ...
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Get a file's emblem from command line?

I'd like to be able to determine what emblem a file has from the command line. Is there a way to determine this? Also, is there a way to apply emblems from the command line? I usually have a cron ...
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Why can't I rename a file from 'NAME' to 'name'?

I am unable to rename a file from RELEASE to release which is currently located on my USB flash drive. If I try to rename it through the file manager (Nautilus), it shows the error message as follows:...
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How do I quickly navigate to a full path using the "Files" program? [duplicate]

I have this path I want to navigate to in the UI. /usr/local/sbin How can I do that with a couple clicks in the UI? Often Files shows the path as a dropdown. How can I select the path so I can copy it?...
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Deleted home directory. Please help

Firstly just want to say that my issue I have is a result of being pretty stupid when it comes to computers and I'm sorry to take up people's time but if anyone could help I would very much appreciate ...
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nautilus-open-terminal in Wily Werewolf 15.10

I used to use nautilus-open-terminal ( How to add "Open terminal here" to Nautilus' context menu? ) a lot, but it seems to be gone in Wily Werewolf 15.10 How do I get it back / what is ...
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Cannot SSH/SFTP to remote server without using another remote server

I can access a server A with SSH, and from there I can access server B, but I can't access B directly. Is it possible to open a Nautilus folder in server B by clicking in Places → Connect to Server?
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I formatted a USB drive and now it says the destination is read only [duplicate]

The Problem It was a bootable Ubuntu USB drive at first I tried to format it using Nautilus it didn't work, then i simply deleted the partition using Gparted and created a new FAT32 partition. but ...
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Unity, Files/Nautilus doesn't appear on alt+tab switcher

When I press alt+tab to change between windows, the "Files" window doesn't appear. It's really annoying because when I try to access the previously opened "Files" window, I have to minimize ...
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Nautilus Crashes on Searching

On Ubuntu Gnome in Nautilus I Pressed Ctrl+F and searched for system-c and then nautilus closed. Is this a bug with nautilus or problem with my computer. Also if i type any word after system- , ...
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What are Trash and .Trash-1000?

When deleting a file a .Trash-1000 folder is created which contains two subfolders files and info. My deleted file as well as folder is saved all inside the subfolder files. If I Select Trash and ...
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How to remove the tips within Nautilus 3.6?

New Nautilus version 3.6 (coming with Gnome 3.6 / Ubuntu 12.10) is showing annoying text tips on the bottom right/left edge as a new feature. Is there a way to disable it?
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Selecting files from different folders

Is it possible in nautilus to select a bunch of files from a folder, then go to a different folder and add some more files to the selection ?
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How do I open more than one Nautilus explorer when there is one already opened?

Why can I not open a second or third window, and so on, to view directories and files? If I click the Home Folder button the same Nautilus window keeps showing up.
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Nautilus desktop folder menu bar and folders show up on secondary screen [closed]

I have two monitors and I installed gnome shell in my fresh 11.10. For some reason the nautilus menus for the desktop folder appear in my secondary screen. This never happened in my fedora 15. I don'...
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Partition does not show up after editing fstab

I'm on Ubuntu 16.04 64bit and wanted to have auto-mount of partitions (NTFS) after boot up. I edited the /etc/fstab file and added the following line of code: UUID=5CB5FBB62D2AA5D5 /partitions ntfs ...
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File notes tab gone in Nautilus 3.2.1

It seems that the "Notes" tab in the "File Properties" dialog is gone in Nautilus 3.2.1/Ubuntu 11.10. How can you use the notes feature now? What do you do about notes that you have already made? Is ...
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Gtk-CRTICAL […] errors when starting 'nautilus' or 'evince' from the Terminal

when I am starting evince or nautilus from shell I am receiving those error-messages. Does anyone know how to fix them? I tried to reinstall both programs but the error continues. test@test-...
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How can I hide the text under the desktop icons?

I want to display the desktop icons without the text. I only have the Home and Trash icons on the desktop. Any sugestions?
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How to open Nautilus (File Manager) preferences in 13.04?

Please could you tell me where can I find the File Manager Preferences in Ubuntu 13.04. I want to run a sh file.
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Can the Nautilus Properties page show size in bytes for multiple-selects, and for directories?

In Nautilus, the Properties of a single item shows the size as: a value rounded to one decimal place... nn.n KB, MB, GB... followed by an exact byte count For non-single items, Nautilus onlys show ...
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Nautilus not generating thumbnails in 13.10

Like the title says, Nautilus is not generating thumbnails for any file types (pictures, documents, pdf, etc) after a clean install of 13.10. I have checked the preferences and it is set to always ...
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Is it possible to preview arbitrary formats in Nautilus?

I recently found out that Nautilus (Ubuntu 12.04 at least) can show thumbnails of files of non-image formats, for example (data grapher) grace files (.agr) shows a small version of the graph contained ...
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What does the grey slice in disk usage represent?

When I right click on Properties for my ext4 partition I get the following pie chart: The meaning of the blue and white slices are fairly obvious, since they are in the legend to the right, but what ...
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Create folders under "Places"

I'd like to add folders to the nautilus "Places" menu with custom vector icons. There are a few solutions out there but they all address Ubuntu 13.10 and aren't easily ported to 14.04. Ideally I want ...
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Nautilus doesn't launch on Ubuntu [duplicate]

When I type nautilus I have these lines: (nautilus:28316): GLib-GIO-CRITICAL **: g_dbus_interface_skeleton_unexport: assertion 'interface_->priv->connections != NULL' failed (nautilus:...
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Is it possible to add an option to the context menu in nautilus to open media in an existing VLC instance?

I've unchecked VLC's option - 'only allow one instance', since it would help simultaneous playbacks. But sometimes it is desirable to just open a new file in the already running one. Is it possible to ...
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Opening PDFs Denied Access Google Drive in Nautilus (Files)

I've logged in to my Google account in the Ubuntu 22.04 settings. A link to my Google drive appears in Nautilus. I'm able to open photos and doc files, but when I try to open PDFs I receive an error ...
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How to stop Album Art files from showing in a folder with songs?

How can I stop showing me those selected file from songs folder?
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Why are files duplicated in my home folder and desktop? [duplicate]

Files in my SSD get duplicated on my Desktop. When I delete any folder/file it gets automatically deleted from the second location (Home) and when I create a folder in any of the locations it gets ...
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How do I prevent directories mounted with 'bind' from appearing on 'Devices' on nautilus?

I have these lines in the fstab # binds /media/DataNtfs/Music /home/can/Music none rw,bind /media/DataNtfs/Pictures /home/can/Pictures none rw,...
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How can I set specific folders to list- or icon view in nautilus?

Is there a way to use different folders views each folder ? Some folders i like to see as icons and others is better to see as list.
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Progress bar for copy disappears

When I make long copy operations (which usually is to USB-flash memories), the progress window often disappears completely if I put it out of focus. I have tried some hints using alt/tab and wmctrl, ...
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Change default compress option in Nautilus type to zip?

On the right click menu (in Nautilus, desktop, etc), there is a "compress" option. Is there any way to make "zip" the default format for this?
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No desktop icons after uninstalling nemo

I tested nemo on Ubuntu 12.04. I made it the default file manager. When I uninstalled it, desktop icons disappeared and I can't do a right click on desktop to open menu. How can I make Nautilus the ...
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How to tranfer files between iPhone and Ubuntu?

How to transfer files between my Ubuntu and iPhone? The answer here recommends to use this URL in nautilus: afc://<your iPhone's UDID>/ Then next question is: What is my iPhone UDID (without ...
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Disk Usage Analyzer stealing mimetype assocation inode/directory from Nautilus

So this is a fun problem. After upgrading to Raring Ringtail, the open file command for nautilus on everything except the file browser in unity itself (opening downloads from browsers, clicking on ...
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What rendering engine does Nautilus use to show HTML previews/thumbnails?

I just noticed that HTML files with CSS transforms on elements show with the CSS transforms within the thumbnails on Nautilus. So what rendering engine does Nautilus use to generate the thumbnails for ...
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