I have already searched among many posts but I have not been able to solve, my problem is that since I updated to Ubuntu 18.04 I no longer see the icons on the desktop.
Through GNOME Tweaks if I try to enable the "Show icons" option a strange thing happens: the icons do not appear, but instead the Home folder opens
By the way, the Home folder opens automatically whenever I start the PC, I think there could be a correlation but I don't know how.
Following another thread I downloaded the "Desktop icons" extension (that was missing) and with that I can finally see the icons, I can open the files but I can't move them or delete them, so I guess it's not the correct solution. In addition, even with Desktop icons, the Desktop settings in Tweak Tools have no effect.
Can anyone help me?
Best Answer
On Ubuntu 18.04 desktop icons are provided by
nautilus-desktopwhich is a part of thenautiluspackage, not by the "Desktop Icons" extension as you have suspected. So it seemsnautilus-desktopis not working correctly. To fix the issue purge and reinstall thenautiluspackage and restart your computer.