On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Ionut Biru <ibiru@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/09/2011 11:11 PM, Guillermo Leira wrote: >> >> You can install gnome-tweak-tool. When you launch it, the last option is >> "File Manager". Then you can select "Have file manager handle the >> desktop". >> Logout, login, and your icons and folders should be back to your desktop. >> It >> works almost as it used to. > > i don't really encourage anyone to do that when using gnome-shell. With > gnome-shell only ONE instance of the application can run and enabling the > desktop to be handled by nautilus will mean that is running in the > background and you cannot click on the icon to launch it again. ah ... slightly annoying. thanks for that. i had it enabled for all my machines because i like nautilus-driven desktop, but this is subtle and i didn't notice the effect it would have ... sooo, how can you have two directories open then? i see that it works by clicking on the desktop directories twice; couldn't the icon be made to launch nautilus in the same way (however that is)? C Anthony
