I have created a shortcut to /var/www folder in the name 'www' to my desktop.Is it possible to add/drag this folder shortcut to ubuntu launcher?  PLease help, Thanks
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How can I add a folder to the launcher for quick access to it. In this particular case I wish to drag it to the launcher.
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I am new to Ubuntu, and was wondering whether it is posible to open a terminal with a path matching your current location in the file manager? In Windows it was very easy, but how do you do it in Linux?
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To have a "minimize window" option through right click on an icon in the Unity launcher (Ubuntu 14.04), I followed the detailed instructions  about changing a .desktop file and made a custom Firefox launcher in ~/.local/share/applications/ folder. The relevant part of the .desktop file is:  Actions=NewWindow;NewPrivateWindow;Minimize  [Desktop Action NewWindow] Name=Open a New Window Exec=firefox -new-window OnlyShowIn=Unity;  [Desktop Action NewPrivateWindow] Name=Open a New Private Window Exec=firefox -private-window OnlyShowIn=Unity;  [Desktop Action Minimize] Name=Minimize Windows Exec=sh /home/myusername/Documents/xdotool_sh/minimize.sh firefox OnlyShowIn=Unity;   The desktop action "Minimize" invokes a simple shell script, minimize.sh that has the following content:  #/bin/bash name=$1 for i in $(xdotool search --class "$name"); do     xdotool windowminimize $i done   The script uses xdotool, that can be installed from the official repositories, to find all the firefox windows, iterate over them and minimize them.  The script works and the launcher right menu option "Minimize Windows" works as well, but as soon as the windows are minimized, the mouse pointer gets in "busy" mode and stays like this for about 20 seconds (although the mouse actions are still responsive).   Does anyone know why starting a shell script from a right menu option in Unity could lead to this behaviour?  EDIT: Apparently the wait period is inevitable, as explained in Jacob Vlijm's answer. Since the mouse remains responsive, avoiding the transformation of the pointer in the spinning wheel is a partial esthetic workaround, as explained on .  EDIT2: giving the system a fake window is a better solution, as explained by Jacob below.
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I'm wondering if it's possible to hide a folder without renaming it with a dot on the Desktop.  Ubuntu 12.04  Thanks
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When I start Ubuntu I had my &quot;home/user&quot; in my Desktop. test is my User.   How do I make the folder not be on the desktop?
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How do I launch Windows'  with certain path located, like "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\8.0", so I don't have to do the clicking?  What's the command line argument to do this? Or is there a place to find the explanation of RegEdit's switches?
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I'd like to know if it's safe to rename user folders like "Desktop", "Documents", "Music" (I want them to start lowercase)?  Are there any programs in a default installation of Ubuntu (10.10/11.04) that expect those folders to exist and that cannot be configured to use different ones?
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I started by searching guides. I found  but neither of the main methods works anymore in 11.10.   The first solution, I have created the desktop file, however the file location given as .gconf-&gt; desktop-&gt; unity-&gt; launcher -&gt; favourites no longer exists. I can get to /home/sayth/.gconf/desktop but there is no longer a unity folder. The second solution described right-clicking the desktop and creating a launcher. Right-clicking the desktop no longer produces a "create a launcher" option.   I manually installed geany 0.21 as the one in the repo's is outdated. It's installed and working correctly, and is executing from /usr/local/bin/geany.  How can I add it to the launcher?
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To be short, I want to copy a folder to a location /usr/share/screenlets/.... in Ubuntu 10.04 system. I tried by logging in as root from terminal giving su.   I even changed my user account type to ADMINISTRATOR; Yet, no use. PASTE option in the context menu's list in the folder /usr/share/... is INACTIVE.  How can I copy those files?
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How can I create a shortcut for URL in my desktop? I want to use them in Firefox or Chrome.   If a copy and paste didn't work.   What script I have to use?
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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 folder icon or open a folder then press  Ctrl+N  for opening a new window is there any direct command spcific to open a new window in ubuntu.
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I'm having a problem with a couple of programs that have launchers in unity but then create a separate icon after launched.  Is is possible for the launcher to track the windows it spawns to organize better?  Or is this a bug in Unity itself?    It might not matter but this specific program is a mono program, and the icon spawned is listed as the panel.
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After an update I ended up with this:    How can I add the default Files quicklist options which are not bookmarks (Documents, Downloads, Music...)  The same happened to Nautilus when I opened it, but I added the options in ~.config/user-dirs.dirs but now the Launcher icon is missing this options.
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Possible Duplicate:             I want to add some shell scripts in my launcher as shortcuts..  They are located deep inside and i have to navigate to it every time to execute them...  I tried  link where the 2nd answers seems to solvee it but as said in comments neither can i find any option to add a launcher..  I guess it existed in 11.04 with a "+" button on launcher but i use 12.04.  So how do i get this working?? And i need those commands everytime for sure..!
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I just ran this a few seconds ago. I managed to do Ctrl - C as soon as I realized what I started doing.  So far the only directory it's started going through is /bin.  I'm afraid to do anything else. So far I realized I can't use su as my normal user anymore.  Luckily I still have another root terminal open. What do I do?
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I have disabled the global menu and want to put the classic Application/Places/System menu in its place. How would I go about doing that in Ubuntu 12.04LTS?  (Note: I do want to try keeping unity as well as the dock launcher around for now to see if I can get used to that)
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I was wondering how to make a clickable terminal shortcut for my desktop using the command easytether connect.  I don't want to have to open/close the terminal every time I wish to connect to the Internet through my phone.  I've tried updating my gnome-panel but I can only make a new directory on my desktop.