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Hello,
I just have a very simple customization question. I just upgrade to 9.04 yesterday and am very pleased with it, except that whenever I want to see my Home folder I have to click into a menu. Is there a way to place a shortcut on the desktop? I tried dragging the menu icon to the desktop and it started copying everything over, so I cancelled that. Thanks!
Mike
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Yo, I'm not sure if this is what you're talking about but you can right click the desktop folder and go to Folder View Settings. From here you can set your desktop to be your /home folder, so your /home directory is displayed on the desktop.
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Do alt+F2 - then run gconf-editor
Navigate to /apps/nautilus/desktop
In the right hand pane tick home icon visible
5 Cups of Ubuntu
Well, close. I don't want to change the Home folder's location, just place a shortcut to it on the desktop.
"Progress is often nothing more than our ability to complicate simplicity."
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open a terminal
type gconf-editor
go to
apps/nautilus/desktop
see screen shot
check home folder
I usually use this to remove all the icons from my desktop
Forestpixie beat me too it I was tring to get a screenshot
Last edited by wsonar; April 26th, 2009 at 07:15 PM.
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Thanks! That's a pretty obscure/unknown thing, I had no idea that would have been the steps to take.Originally Posted by forestpixie
"Progress is often nothing more than our ability to complicate simplicity."
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Right click somewhere free on the desktop... Now go into "Create Launcher"... You have a new window, In this change the TYPE: In the dropdown from Application to >>> Location. In Name just type "home"... for the location put Home/Username.
Last edited by Spiritous; April 26th, 2009 at 07:17 PM. Reason: Typo
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Easy.
Right-click your desktop and select "Create Launcher".
In the "Name" block, put whatever you want to call the icon.
In the "Command" block, put
nautilus /home/username
where username is your logon name.
Click OK and you're done
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For any other location, right-click on the desktop and choose "creare launcher" but make the launcher type "Location" and just put in the location in the command part. You can change the icon too, by clicking on the picture.
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