You can try to install the old nautilus python script for Ubuntu 12.04 (nautilus-refresh) from the dr3mro/nautilus-actions-extra PPA. (Dr. Amr Osman).

1. Open a Terminal window and type the following to install the necessary packages.

   
   
   

   sudo apt-get install python-nautilus xautomation wget
   
   




2. Create a folder to download the deb package.

   
   
   

   mkdir ~/Downloads/refresh
   
   cd ~/Downloads/refresh
   
   




3. Download the nautilus-refresh_0.6~ppa1-0~11~precise1_all.deb package from Launchpad.

   
   
   

   wget https://launchpad.net/~dr3mro/+archive/nautilus-actions-extra/+files/nautilus-refresh_0.6~ppa1-0~11~precise1_all.deb
   
   




4. If you are running Ubuntu 13.04 64-bit.. create the following soft link.

   
   
   

   sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpython2.7.so.1.0 /usr/lib/libpython2.7.so.1.0
   
   

   
   
   

   NOTE:: If you are running 32-bit you can skip the step 4.




5. Intall the deb package.

   
   
   

   sudo dpkg -i nautilus-refresh_0.6~ppa1-0~11~precise1_all.deb
   
   




6. Finally you can logout and login to see the changes.

Result: