12.10nautilus
It's quite like this question. But there is a little bit difference.
In my situation, all files and folders in the Desktop were disappeared. And when I right clicked on the desktop, the drop-down box didn't appear. Whatever operation I did, nothing happened.
But when I opened the home folder, and access the desktop folder from it, files and folders were there. And I could operate the files as usual.
So I wonder how to get my files and folders back to the Desktop.
After doing a search for the string /Desktop, I found this setting in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
The setting to change in that file is XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/Desktop" and you can use whatever directory you like. I set it to XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME".
Then log out and back in again.
My system is Ubuntu 17.10.
I just had this problem 5 mins ago. Here is my solution.
Just install gnome-tweak
sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool
Then turn off and turn on some of the options in the Desktop. Like show icons turn on and turn off. Then it seems like things are refreshed and everything works again!
Best Answer
Thanks to @green7. His answer here helps me solve the problem.
First of all, I'm sure my
~/.config/user-dirs.dirsisn't changed.Second, restart nautilus.
run the command in the terminal:
killall nautilusornautilus -qpress
Alt+F2, searchnautilusand run it.