I installed Ubuntu 14.04 and whenever I plug an USB drive it automounts it normally and opens a Nautilus window. However, when I change to another window and then try to return to my files by clicking the Nautilus button on the Unity panel it opens a new window  pointing to my home directory. Only when I Alt+Tab to the previously opened window can I access the USB files.  Is there some sort of configuration associated with this?  Thanks in advance.
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There is some behavior I can't understand in the Unity Desktop.   Open nautilus via. clicking in the launcher onto the home-button Navigate to for example the windows-partition in nautilus Minimize nautilus Click on nautilus in the launcher doesn't open the nautilus with windows-partition, instead it opens a new window with the home folder.   Is there a workaround for this strange behavior?  Regards, Arthur
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Just upgraded from 11.04 to 11.10 and Nautilus no longer previews MP3 files when I hover over them.   Another PC that's been running 11.10 for a while also experienced this after the latest update  Nautilus preferences no longer show options for media / mp3 files, so how can I get this functionality back?
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If I connect an external device (such as a USB stick or android smartphone) it will automatically open in nautilus and get a corresponding icon locked to unity launcher. Is there any way to prevent this?  I'm using Ubuntu 14.04
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On Ubuntu 17.10 there's no longer link to root partition in sidebar, called "Computer" on earlier Ubuntu versions. Is there any way to add "Computer" item to Nautilus sidebar?
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When I try to open folders (and the trash can) by double-clicking on them on the desktop nothing happens. However, when I right-click on the folder, select "Open with another application", and then select Nautilus it opens normally. I think that it has something to do with the default file manager maybe? (I can open other files that aren't folders normally)
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since some days my Files lens opens only nautilus but not the correct application which is associated with the file extension.  For example, if I choose a PDF file, Nautilus is openend, pointing to the directory there the file is (and the file is selected) but Adobe Reader is not opened.  Then I do the same in the terminal with   xdg-open sample.pdf   only Nautilus is opened too.  xdg-mime shows me this info:  $ xdg-mime query default application/pdf acroread.desktop   The /usr/share/applications/acroread.desktop file:  [Desktop Entry] Name=Adobe Reader 9 MimeType=application/pdf;application/vnd.fdf;application/vnd.adobe.pdx;application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml;application/vnd.adobe.xfdf; Exec=acroread  Type=Application GenericName=PDF Viewer Terminal=false Icon=AdobeReader9 Caption=PDF Viewer X-KDE-StartupNotify=false Categories=Application;Office;Viewer;X-Red-Hat-Base; InitialPreference=9   The same with other file types like images, music files and office documents.  Then I doubleclick the file in Nautilus everything is ok and the correct applications are opened.  I assume this behaviour has something to do with Thunar which I've installed some days ago but deinstalled after these problems.  Any suggestions?
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Sometimes I unplug my USB drive only to find out files were not written to it.  I suppose the only way to ensure files are written to it is to right click on the USB drive on the desktop and then select "un-mount", but sometimes I forget.  What is the best way to ensure files are written to the USB drive instantly? This way I can remove the USB drive as soon as I notice the LED light on the USB drive stopped blinking.  OS: CentOS 6
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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 \                                                                    --type bool \              --set /apps/nautilus/preferences/show_desktop false   I remember this had worked on previous versions of Ubuntu.
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I need to hide an NTFS partition from listing in the nautilus. How can I achieve that?   Is there any tool to do that?   And how can I hide files in ubuntu (except . operator)
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How do you show a hidden folder (whose name starts with .) in File Manager a.k.a. Nautilus on Ubuntu?  I am somewhat new to Ubuntu and can't seem to find the "view" menu.
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After installing the latest Ubuntu I find that the icons in the applications folder (viz. /usr/share/applications), when opened in the Files application (Nautilus), come up as a blank page with a gear in the middle. If I try to open them I get a read only text box.
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Up to Ubuntu 18.04, using default GNOME/Nautilius desktop, when I inserted a (data file) USB stick it would automount and put a USB icon onto the desktop.  I find this very useful, especially for quick eject via context menu.  Now at 19.04, on USB insertion I do see a "banner" appear for a few seconds, but I no longer get any desktop icon .  I run under VirtualBox on Windows, but that has not changed and I do not think is at issue.  Ubuntu does still automount the stick at /media/&lt;username&gt;.  I found .  I checked in dconf-editor and both keys, including org.gnome.desktop.media-handling.automount-open, are set.
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Question:  Ubuntu's file manager, Nautilus, comes with a wide support for file previews. These thumbnails are handled by helper programs called thumbnailers.  The number of thumbnailers that come preinstalled with Ubuntu are limited and thus some more exotic file types aren't rendered by default.   What additional thumbnailers can I install to activate previews in these cases?     Related Q&amp;As:      Note:   Feel free to contribute to this list by editing the community wiki answer. If you do so please follow the guidelines in  and use the preexisting pattern to keep the answer consistent.
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In Ubuntu 11.04 when I right click on a file in Nautilus and chose "open with" I could select application and tick on check box to make it default application for certain file type  In 11.10 there is no such option, so I'm wondering what's alternative to it now?
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I am trying to delete files in Nautilus and every time I try to delete one it always gives me this message:     Cannot move file to trash, do you want to delete immediately?   Then it gives me several questions. All I want is that when I press Delete in the keyboard, it sends it automatically to the trash can. Not to ask me every time.  The problem relates to NTFS partitions, external drives but also include Linux filesystems.  What are the reasons for nautilus beeing not able to move to trash?
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I'm currently working with Atom, and sometimes I want to open a terminal on the directory my working file is. To do this, I usually have to open the folder in nautilus (right clicking the file in atom) and then I open a terminal on that directory from nautilus (right click).  I wonder if there is a way to open the terminal in the file directory without having to open nautilus first.
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Is there a way to run a script when a particular USB device is mounted?  I keep my videos on a separate USB and would like to run a script that would mount the video folder on the USB device to the one in the home folder.