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A free and open-source software and file manager.

It is a fork of GNOME Files (formerly named Nautilus).

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How to configure Nemo's right-click "Open in Terminal" to launch "gnome-terminal"

I realize the default of the Nemo's right-click "Open in Terminal" is to launch "gnome-terminal"; however, my installation is opening "xfce4-terminal" instead. A while back when "gnome-terminal" was broken, I installed "xfce4-terminal" as an…
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Cannot type file paths on any Open File Dialogs?

There is no way I can type/paste a file path when I use some Open File dialog: There is not right click option or anything. I use linux Mint XFCE 19.1: linux@linux:~$ uname -a Linux linux 4.15.0-20-generic #21-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 24 06:16:15 UTC…
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Right click menu in Nemo missing 'create shortcut' and 'copy/move to'

I recently did a clean install of Linux Mint 17.3 with Cinnamon on my machine. Before the clean install, if I right clicked on a file or folder in nemo, the menu would have a 'create shortcut' option. Now after the clean install, that option isn't…
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How to make nemo support compressing files by context menu?

I use Cinnamon on ArchLinux and Nemo is it's default file manager. I've tried 3 GUI file archivers (p7zip with WxGTK, peazip & file-roller), but none of them add a "compress option" in the context menu. How can I add a "compress option" to Nemo's…
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bash script - request input via gui

I'm currently writing a nemo action script in bash, and I need a way to get input from the user. How?, the terminal isn't showing when running an action script. is there anyway to popup a query window in the GUI to ask the user for input?
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Delete files with names that appear to begin with '?' in command line

I am running under Debian stable, Cinnamon DE and I have some files that I would like to delete with a command line (for now I delete these files with Nemo). For example, these .txt files begin with '?' in the shell and in Nemo this '?' is replaced…
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What command does nemo use to mount drives

I use Linux Mint Cinnamon. I'd like to know what command does nemo use to mount drives when you click on an unmounted drive on the explorer sidebar. I am asking because I need to automount some partitions at startup. I tried several mount option,…
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Cinnamon: lost default nemo launch for shortkey win + E

I don't know what changed and I don't know how to set it back, but now Super+E launches baobab instead of Nemo. I have check the keyboard - shortcuts configurations. and Launchers/Home Folder is associated to Super+E. There is no custom…
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How to install Dropbox (and have Dropbox file manager integration) without Nautilus?

Running other desktop environments than Unity or Gnome with a different file manager than Nautilus, it might be a good idea to install Dropbox without Nautilus. But advice on Dropbox involves installing Nautilus too. Nautilus has conflicts with some…
user32012
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wrong mime-type displayed for empty text files

I have tried to install a new mime-type for textfiles with a .w extension as follows:
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Where are the user bookmark settings stored for Nemo in Linux Mint?

I am currently using Linux Mint 18.2, Cinnamon 3.4.6, and Nemo 3.4.6 aswell. I seem to be having an issue with Nemo. My places (those bookmarks that are like Music, Pictures, Documents, etc) are now in my bookmarks section and without icons. All…
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Keyboard shortcut in Nemo to open terminal in active folder

Nautilus has the ability to assign a keyboard shortcut to open a terminal at the current folder. Is this possible in Nemo (I have version 2.6.7, running on Linux Mint 17.2)?
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Nemo: How can I fix 'A Problem has been detected with your thumbnail cache'?

I'm repeatedly seeing this message in nemo, despite clicking Fix now each time. I'd like to know if there's something I can do to fix the thumbnail cache once and for all. A bug is filed for when the thumbnail directories are symlinked to /tmp, but…
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How could a script know the path of the .desktop file that launched it?

How would a bash script know if it has been launched by a .desktop file, and how would it know the path of that launcher? Extra Points: How would I extract the "comment" field of that .desktop file - to be used within the script?
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Nemo Filemanager suddenly looks different

Today I started Nemo and noticed it's new (ugly) look which looks like some kind of fallback mode: When looking at the package history, I only see recent updates of phonon packages and the installation of wireshark and minitube. The current version…
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