Ubuntu – How to restart nautilus without logging out

nautilus

How do I just restart the nautilus after adding a nautilus script without having to log out.

To restart nautilus...

First, type the following in your terminal to quit nautilus:

nautilus -q or killall nautilus
Then, open nautilus via Unity menu (press the Super key) or using the run command (Alt + F2).

Try resetting the nautilus configuration settings, Open a terminal and do this

nautilus -q
rm -r ~/.config/nautilus/ -v
rm -r ~/.gconf/apps/nautilus/
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/nautilus

Then start nautilus again. This should fix the problem.

Execute nautilus with:

nautilus --no-desktop &

You can change the launcher accordingly or create a new one for your purpose.

Edit: Added ampersand so that the process is run in the background. (Props to @user117123)