Re: Truecrypt mounting vanishes desktop icons

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On 13 January 2013 18:58, Greg . <greg_z0aki@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> When i use
> truecrypt --mount /PATH/OF/FILE /home/usr/Desktop
> all of my folders vanish. I then tried to unmount using
> truecrypt -d /PATH/OF/FILE and nothing, but after reboot the folders are
> back on Desktop.
>
> Is there any way to be able to mount on Desktop but not lose my folders?
>


When you use a non-empty directory as a mount target, its contents are
obscured by those of whatever file/device you are mounting, which I'm
guessing is an empty Truecrypt volume in this case. You could just create
an empty folder in Desktop and mount onto that instead.

-- 
Wayne


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