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I am unable to drag and drop items to my Ubuntu 13.10 destop. It keeps giving me this error.

Erro ao Copiar.
erro ao copiar. houve um erro ao obter informação sobre "/".

English:

Error in Copying
There was an error getting information about "/".

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  • If you don't own the file you're trying to DnD then use copy & paste instead
    – doug
    Dec 18, 2013 at 14:43
  • Ok, but why appear There was an error getting information about "/". And in my 12.04 not appeared? Dec 18, 2013 at 15:14
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    This is a change from previous, you can't DnD files you don't own including those in /usr/share/applications (most common occurrence of what you're seeing.) There is likely a bug report on DnD from /usr/share/applications but don't expect this will be changed..
    – doug
    Dec 18, 2013 at 15:23
  • You can include DnD from the Dash in above, not allowed if you don't own
    – doug
    Dec 18, 2013 at 15:27

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This is a known bug with Unity 7.1. It occurs when you drag an app from Dash and try to drop on Desktop.

You can use alternate method(s) to create a desktop shortcut. You can try this,

  • Go to the folder /usr/share/applications.
  • Find the program you want.
  • Then right click on it and copy.
  • Now go to your home folder and open up the Desktop folder.
  • Right click and then select paste.
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  • I hope they will fix it soon.
    – GunJack
    Dec 18, 2013 at 19:27
  • And when this bug will be fix? Dec 27, 2013 at 13:09
  • Appeared again in 14.04 also. Hell, no fix even for LTS, what Ubuntu Developers are doing, messing and corrupting code, nothing else
    – Kanhiya
    May 3, 2014 at 3:09

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