How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:09 pm
OS: Linux mint 11
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How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?
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Re: How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:12 pm
Find File Manager in your main menu, right click, add to the desktop.
How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 9:25 pm
OS: Linux mint 11
I deleted the one that was there.
I deleted the one that was there.
Re: How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?
Posted: 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;)
Again: Find File Manager in your main menu, right click, add to the desktop.
Delete one of that doubled topics;)
Re: How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:46 pm
Topics merged
Good Night everyone
Good Night everyone
Re: How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?
Posted: 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:
Save the file as pcmanfm.desktop and it should show up.
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;Re: How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?
Posted: Sat Oct 01, 2011 6:23 pm
ok, shows up. Also works for trash. But no drag & drop to these links. This renders it pretty much useless.LXNevermind wrote:Find File Manager in your main menu, right click, add to the desktop.
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.
Re: How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:07 pm
OK, that should work like you wish:
type in terminal
I dont know why I didnt post that earlier... you can drag&drop and do whatever ou like;)
type in terminal
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ln -s /home/your_user_name /home/your_user_name/DesktopRe: How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:32 pm
yes, thanks, symbolic link works with all drag&drop no problem. But it has not the home IconLXNevermind wrote:OK, that should work like you wish:
type in terminal
Using similar symlink for trash can (German "Desktop"):
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ln -s /home/peter/.local/share/Trash/ /home/peter/Arbeitsfläche/Re: How do I put a 'home' folder on my desktop?
Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:53 pm
You should link like this:
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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ln -s /home/peter/.local/share/Trash/files /home/peter/Arbeitsfläche/