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unity home quicklist not working

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hello i have tried adding some quicklists to the unity launcher i added some to the gnome-terminal and they work fine added some to the nautilus-home but cannot get them to display here is my .desktop file

    [Desktop Entry]

Name=Home Folder

Comment=Open your personal folder

TryExec=nautilus

Exec=nautilus --no-desktop

Icon=user-home

Terminal=false

StartupNotify=true

Type=Application

Categories=GNOME;GTK;Core;

OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity

X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME

X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=nautilus

X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general

X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nautilus

X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=bin;Documents;Downloads;Pictures;Video;Music;Ubuntu One;src;



[bin Desktop Shortcut Group]

Name=bin

Exec=nautilus bin

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Documents Desktop Shortcut Group]

Name=Documents

Exec=nautilus Documents

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Downloads Desktop Shortcut Group]

Name=Downloads

Exec=nautilus Downloads

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Pictures Desktop Shortcut Group]

Name=Pictures

Exec=nautilus Pictures

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Video Desktop Shortcut Group]

Name=Video

Exec=nautilus Video

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Music Desktop Shortcut Group]

Name=Music

Exec=nautilus Music

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Ubuntu One Desktop Shortcut Group]

Name=Ubuntu One

Exec=nautilus Ubuntu One

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[src Desktop Shortcut Group]

Name=src

Exec=nautilus src

TargetEnvironment=Unity

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answered 2 Years ago herriail · Accepted Answer

A few things wrong - here is a suggested revision:

[Desktop Entry]



Name=Home Folder

Comment=Open your personal folder

TryExec=nautilus

Exec=nautilus --no-desktop

Icon=user-home

Terminal=false

StartupNotify=true

Type=Application

Categories=GNOME;GTK;Core;

OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity

X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME

X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=nautilus

X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general

X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nautilus



X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=bin;Documents;Downloads;Pictures;Video;Music;UbuntuOne;src;



[bin Shortcut Group]

Name=bin

Exec=nautilus bin

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Documents Shortcut Group]

Name=Documents

Exec=nautilus Documents

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Downloads Shortcut Group]

Name=Downloads

Exec=nautilus Downloads

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Pictures Shortcut Group]

Name=Pictures

Exec=nautilus Pictures

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Video Shortcut Group]

Name=Video

Exec=nautilus Video

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[Music Shortcut Group]

Name=Music

Exec=nautilus Music

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[UbuntuOne Shortcut Group]

Name=Ubuntu One

Exec=nautilus "Ubuntu One"

TargetEnvironment=Unity



[src Shortcut Group]

Name=src

Exec=nautilus src

TargetEnvironment=Unity

Suggested changes:

the group names (the bits between the square brackets) cannot have spaces

I've quoted "Ubuntu One" - not sure if necessary but makes it easier to read.