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Nautilus froze and I had to terminate it using

killall nautilus

however now everytime I open nautilus it does not work properly: It seems to respond to the mouse (as clicking on [x] closes the window) but the interface does not update, so any click on any folder does not show its contents. I can't even resize the nautilus window, it just acts as if it is completely frozen.

The only two options (besides restarting the computer) are

nautilus -q

killall nautilus

but neither helps, as this happens everytime I open nautilus.

What else can I try to get it to work?

LHM
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    You can restart GNOME by pressing `Alt+F2` then `r` {reference](https://www.linuxuprising.com/2020/07/how-to-restart-gnome-shell-from-command.html) – graham Jan 23 '21 at 18:07
  • @24601 is it necessary to restart GNOME though? Everything is working fine besides nautilus – LHM Jan 23 '21 at 18:14
  • Nautilus is the default file manager for GNOME. See [here](https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/focal/man1/nautilus.1.html) – graham Jan 23 '21 at 18:57
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    @24601 worked perfectly, if you submit it as an answer I can accept it – LHM Jan 23 '21 at 19:01
  • Done. Thank you. I upvoted your question too. – graham Jan 23 '21 at 20:01

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You can restart GNOME by pressing AltF2 then r.

Nautilus is the default file manager for GNOME.

reference

graham
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