How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?

Advice Pro · Post by **Advice Pro** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:09 pm

OS: Linux mint 11

LXNevermind · Post by **LXNevermind** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:12 pm

Find File Manager in your main menu, right click, add to the desktop.

Advice Pro · Post by **Advice Pro** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:25 pm

OS: Linux mint 11

I deleted the one that was there.

LXNevermind · Post by **LXNevermind** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:38 pm

No you did not

Again: Find File Manager in your main menu, right click, add to the desktop.

Delete one of that doubled topics;)

Post by **amjjawad** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:46 pm

Topics merged

Good Night everyone

whatthefunk · Post by **whatthefunk** » Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:56 pm

If you deleted it, the pcmanfm.desktop file might srill be in /usr/share/applications You can simply copy it to /home/user/Desktop and it should show up on your desktop.

If its gone, go to your Desktop folder, open up a text editor and paste the following in:

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Icon=system-file-manager
Name=File Manager
GenericName=File Manager
Comment=Browse the file system and manage the files
Categories=FileManager;Utility;Core;GTK;
Exec=pcmanfm %U
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
MimeType=x-directory/normal;inode/directory;

Save the file as pcmanfm.desktop and it should show up.

pibach · Post by **pibach** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:23 pm

LXNevermind wrote:Find File Manager in your main menu, right click, add to the desktop.

ok, shows up. Also works for trash. But no drag & drop to these links. This renders it pretty much useless.

Drag&drop on the desktop might be also useful to combine files and programs intuitively.

Nice-to-have - but I do not need that anyway.

LXNevermind · Post by **LXNevermind** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:07 pm

OK, that should work like you wish:
type in terminal

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ln -s /home/your_user_name /home/your_user_name/Desktop

I dont know why I didnt post that earlier... you can drag&drop and do whatever ou like;)

pibach · Post by **pibach** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:32 pm

LXNevermind wrote:OK, that should work like you wish:
type in terminal

yes, thanks, symbolic link works with all drag&drop no problem. But it has not the home Icon

Using similar symlink for trash can (German "Desktop"):

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ln -s /home/peter/.local/share/Trash/ /home/peter/Arbeitsfläche/

would mess thinks up I think when dragging&dropping onto it.

LXNevermind · Post by **LXNevermind** » Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:53 pm

You should link like this:

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ln -s /home/peter/.local/share/Trash/files /home/peter/Arbeitsfläche/

than you can drag&drop but there is no "empty trash" option under right click... I think there should be easier and better way to put trash on desktop.

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