Questions tagged [filemanager]
File managers provide either a GUI or CLI for interfacing with the file system. This tag can also be used for operations with files, such as copy, duplicating, renaming, etc.
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Invisible files/folders
I cannot see some files and folders. I know they are not flagged as hidden. I have show hidden file enabled and used ls -a.
I know they are there because I can use commands like cd (in terminal) or ...
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22.04 In the Nautilus File Manager, Right Clicking on a File, How Can I Restore The Pop-Out Menu "Open With..." Without An Additional Click or Dialog?
I recently updated from 18LTS to 22LTS, and one change that I dislike very much is that when right-clicking a file in the file manager, the "Open With" option, which used to have a pop-out ...
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How to enable a preview in the "Open File - Portal" on Ubuntu Studio 22.04
The previews in Dolphin are working very well, but if I try to open a file from within an application, the "Open File" dialog is missing any previews.
As example: If I try to find a specific ...
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Files for GNOME 42.6, a.k.a. Nautilus, (Ubuntu 22.04.3) indexes external SSD very slowly
I have an external SSD formatted as exfat. Files for GNOME (Nautilus) takes indefinite time (1 second to 200 seconds in my tests) to show the content of directories.
Files for GNOME is version 42.6
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Missing Save dialogs in Ubuntu 22.04 on a 2012 MacBook Pro
The application window becomes gray. If I press Enter a file is saved in the default location. It happens in all of the applications that I've tested. I tried installing xdg-desktop-portal-gtk. The ...
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Not able to view the content of the folder. Which was viewable previously
Previously I was able to see the content of the folder and suddenly now I am getting the following error:
"Sorry could not display all the contents of 'XYZ Folder' : Error opening directory'/...
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Group by type and sort groups by date
Is there a file manager that in the same way as the Windows file manager, allows me to group files in a folder by type, and sort the files in each group not only by name, but wanting to sort by date?
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File utility including UPnP/DLNA resources - like BubbleUPnP on Android?
I'm looking for a file utility that supports UPnP/DLNA resources.
There are PLAYERS, but I want to have the media preferably visible in a combined file utility/manager (like Windows Explorer), or its ...
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Windows 10 explorer for Ubuntu
I want to make Ubuntu look like windows 10, but I feel something missing without Ribbon UI file explorer.
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How can I resolve unreadable text within Dolphin in Ubuntu?
I'm trying out Dolphin within Ubuntu 22.04, but I'm finding that half of the rows within the details view are essentially unreadable because they have black text atop a black background. Is there any ...
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"Files" File Manager opening but not loading the directory
When i start files through the UI, it starts but it doesn't load the directory, no error message, just infinite loading. But the file upload tool does work. The bar on the left is still there, but the ...
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How to resize the icons in file browser in Ubuntu 22.04 with Gnome?
I don't know exactly if the problem is related to Nautilus or Ubuntu itself.
The files in the opening/saving files window are too small and i could not find a way to resize it.
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How to disable on lubuntu 22.04 the opening of the browse window when a USB device is automounted?
I'm working with lubuntu 22.04. When I insert an USB device into one of the USB port of the system the device is mounted automatically mounted and a browse window is open on the screen.
I need to ...
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How to add image preview to nautilus Open Files window?
After upgrading to Ubuntu 22.04,the image preview disapeared in Open Files window, which is very annoying. Without a preview, how are we supposed to know which file is the photo that we are about to ...
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How to get back to Ubuntu 20.04 file manager?
Since I have upgraded my PC from 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04 a few days ago, uplading photos from browser has become a pain in the neck:
The file manger does not show chosen photo in the window's side.
It ...
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All square icon while uploading file in postman
I have upgraded to Ubuntu 23.04. facing an issue while uploading a file in postman, unable to see the proper icon.
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What is Ctrl+L supposed to do in Files?
I'm trying to figure out how to navigate the Files app using the keyboard, and so far have had little success.
I'm completely unable to select anything in the sidebar as far as I can tell, so I can't ...
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File manager connections backup
I'm web developer, sometimes I work with different machines, so I'd love to have a file of file manager sftp and other types connections.
Where can I find it?
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auto-rename format
I'm wondering if the was a way to change the format used for auto-renaming files in case the file name exists already.
The current format is:
file.txt
file (1).txt
file (2).txt
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file (999).txt
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Connecting to a *specific* remote folder with Files application (over `sftp`), instead of default user home directory
Using the Ubuntu normal "Files" application you can click "Other Locations" and then connect to a remote server over sftp like this:
sftp://[email protected]
But what if I want ...
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Is there a file manager that handles smartly when moving folders that correspond to ZFS datasets?
All my Linux systems (Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04, server and desktop alike) have root-on-zfs and data on one or more ZFS pools.
Of course data need to be shifted around often, for instance with mc or ...
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How to customize GTK file picker display order on KDE?
We use Dolphin normally - but some apps use the GTK picker and forcing the KDE picker doesn't work out well - so instead I'm wondering if it's possible to just change the ordering in the GTK picker?
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22.04: Sytem file dialogue broken
You can see in the attached gif, when I try to type in the new file name, it opens up search.
I can't view the location bar with CTRL-L, and there is no bookmarks section.
It's very hard to save ...
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Arrow before folders when you enable expandability in the list view, to be visible only if subfolders or files are present in the parent folder
In Ubuntu 22.04 Nautilus > Preferences you have "Expandable Folders in List View"
If you activate the "Tree" option, the arrow in front of the folders will be present even for ...
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Change Default Directory to Open while Opening File Explorer [duplicate]
Suppose I want the file explorer to open Desktop instead of home how do i set it up so that my default directory while opening file explorer is Desktop instead of Home
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Is it possible to type directory names into Dolphin's 'Open File' dialog? Or is there an alternative file manager that can?
Specifically my desire is to be able to type a path into the top of the window like you can with a normal Dolphin window - like you'd be able to using Explorer on Windows.
Or is there some alternative ...
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Nautilus does not launch
For some reason, nautilus stopped working properly. I am on Ubuntu 20.04. Rebooting does not help, as some advices I found on the web. When I launch nautilus in GUI it thinks for a minute and then ...
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Replace all identical files, ask for all non-identical
How can I replace all identical files when moving files to different folders, but summon a dialog when there are non identical files with the same name? I am using nautilus. If there is no way, I am ...
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Getting the dark window bar back; Folder path in file manager still white
The default themes on ubuntu 22.04 have retired the dark window bar with a light theme.
I do however enjoy that combination and wish for it to be back.
With Gnome Tweaks and the yaru-bark theme, I ...
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Dolphin can't delete or move files [duplicate]
I am a beginner, 2 weeks ago I installed kubuntu 22.10 on my primary PC, that has 3 internal drives. Everything worked fine until I noticed that I can't do anything on 2 other drives. I can't delete/...
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Setting default folder for "Open a file"
I deactivated "Recent files" with this: gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.privacy remember-recent-files false
Now, every time I click on a "Browse files" from a browser, the /home/ ...
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File manager doesn't show up after pressing show in folder
I'm using ubuntu 22.04
After I download a file. When I press the show in folder option from firefox nothing happens.
My default file manager is Nautilus.
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Ubuntu file manager not working
I tried running the nautilus command in the terminal, but the following error message popped up.
** (nautilus:9220): WARNING **: 15:17:57.478: Unable to get contents of the bookmarks file: Error ...
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How can I find where WordPress is located?
How can I find where WordPress is located on Ubuntu? I have installed it using the instructions provided by the official Ubuntu tutorial: Install and configure WordPress
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When will Ubuntu be getting the new file picker that Gnome got [closed]
I am referring to the infamous filepicker bug that got recently (months ago) fixed on Gnome. Any idea on when we can expect the fix to be used on Ubuntu?
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Ubuntu 22.04.01 LTS - How to make a Snap application (ksnip) appear in "open with other application" context menu?
This question has a valid answer here, except that the presented solution is not applicable in Ubuntu 22.04.01 LTS because in location /var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications there is no ksnip_ksnip....
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Pin folders to the top in the Nautilus File Manager
O.S: Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS
Is it possible to Pin folders to the top in Nautilus File Manager?
As you can see, in Nemo File Manager it's very simple, the option to pin the desired folders at the top of ...
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Is there a way to make different file managers have different bookmarks on the left bar? on Ubuntu 22
If I have nautilus and nemo, for example. Can I make the two have different bookmarks?
I know the bookmarks for file managers are stored in ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks, so that's why different file ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 change default file manager
Just installed Ubuntu 22.04 with Gnome. I want to change the default file manager to one I installed (specifically PCManFM). I cannot believe it is so complicated, I have tried with some options I ...
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How can I change the GNOME recent file history duration for more than 30 days (Ubuntu 22.04)
Is it possible to change GNOME file history for a duration longer than 30 days, the longest option on the GUI apart from forever, which sounds overkill? It could be via GUI or via bash/zsh/terminal.
I ...
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File system not working after installing CTParental on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
After installing CTParental on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, file system hangs; no longer works. Is there a fix for this? Thank you!
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How to automatically configure Nemo in Ubuntu 22.10?
While trying to automatically configure Nemo, the file explorer, I was experiencing some difficulties in finding the desired configuration commands.
How can I ensure:
The hidden folders are always ...
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How can I dentify and delete superceded duplicity back up files?
I have numerous duplicity files in my Google Drive that appear to be chewing up storage, however each file is quite small. There are several variations of these files; duplicity-inc(remental?) ...
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Difference in mount vs file manager mount
I have a shared Samba drive that previous to 22.10 the command
sudo mount -t cifs -o user=larry,pass=XXX,uid=1000,gid=1000,vers=1.0 //10.0.0.23/Misc /smb/fs1/Misc
worked fine, but now on 22.10, ...
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Typeahead search slowed down in 22.10
Since a few versions, the gnome file manager ("Files") in Ubuntu has typeahead search across subdirectories: if I start typing some text, it automatically searches for matching files and ...
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"open containing folder" is taking a long time
I am on Kubuntu 22.04
When in an application I select a file and do "open containing folder" (vscode files list / firefox downloads / chromium downloads) the default file manager takes 25 ...
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Files tries to search everytime I try to rename file when downloading
Recently when I have been trying to download a file from Firefox (and to my knowledge, other web browsers as well), everytime I try to rename a file, it tries to search my files instead, and doing ...
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Open / Save file dialog windows changed after upgrade 20.04->22.04 and they are broken, how to fix?
These are the 2 biggest problems with the new Open and Save file dialog windows:
Open files: The 20.04 version of this dialog always showed a preview of image files on the right side when I clicked ...
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Fastest File Explorer for loading 10k thumbnails?
I have folders with 10k jpgs of size 84x84 pixels. Trying to scroll through them to find differences. What is the best file explorer to load images fast?
I used nautilus but that is single core, and ...
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Shortcut to select / copy current directory in Krusader file manager
How to select and copy current working directory in Krusader file manager without using mouse?
Related question: Copy file names / file paths to clipboard in Krusader like in Total Commander
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