Does anyone know how I can change the default open folder in Nautilus
How to let Nautilus open documents directory by default instead of home directory?
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Sign up to join this communityDoes anyone know how I can change the default open folder in Nautilus
How to let Nautilus open documents directory by default instead of home directory?
You can
use the methods described in the 'duplicate of' link,
How to set default opening folder for Nautilus file manager?
simply run the following command in a terminal window,
nautilus --new-window ~/Documents
you can use that command line in a desktop file and start Nautilus via that desktop file. If this is what you want, you can copy
cp /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop ~/Desktop
and edit the line that starts with Exec=
nano /home/vidar/Desktop/nautilus.desktop
where you should use your actual user ID (which I guess is vidar
).
Exec=nautilus --new-window /home/vidar/Documents
Give execute permissions to this file
chmod ugo+x /home/vidar/Desktop/nautilus.desktop
I think it will be called 'Files' on the desktop.
Finally, use this modified desktop file (by double-clicking on its icon).