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Switched to ubuntu from windows a few days ago, I could open desktop folders as usual. But since tomorrow, when I double click a folder nothing happens, it doesn't opens. I can still open it through nautilus.

I found some similar problems on other posts and solution was that running nautilus-desktop could fix it.

https://askubuntu.com/a/1329590/1669217

But that command isn't there.

I get following errors:

gyan@gyan-Inspiron-15-3515:~$ nautilus-desktop
nautilus-desktop: command not found

I tried installing it but got another error:

gyan@gyan-Inspiron-15-3515:~$ sudo apt install nautilus-desktop
[sudo] password for gyan: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package nautilus-desktop

running:

gyan@gyan-Inspiron-15-3515:~$ nautilus

opens the file manager as expected but I can't open folders from desktop.

Please help!.

Gyan Prakash
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  • There is no `nautilus-desktop` package in modern Ubuntu distros. It is unclear what you did to the system. – Pilot6 Jan 31 '23 at 12:56
  • Maybe you've accidentally changed permissions for the Desktop directory, check permissions using 'ls -l' or update it using [chmod](https://askubuntu.com/questions/719996/how-can-i-give-full-permission-to-folder-and-subfolder). – Nishant Jadhav Jan 31 '23 at 13:01
  • Here is the output from `ls -l` ```drwxrwxr-x 2 gyan gyan 4096 Jan 31 18:36 testfolder ``` – Gyan Prakash Jan 31 '23 at 13:08
  • Also I can open it as usual from file manager so I don't think permissions are a issue. – Gyan Prakash Jan 31 '23 at 13:09

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Okay, I fixed it. I decided to take a look at /var/log/syslog and found that gnome is trying to use wsl to open it, so I removed the wslu package by

sudo apt purge wslu

This fixed the issue for me, hope it helps any future visitors.

Gyan Prakash
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