Re: nautilus or vfs problem

[Steve Blackwell <steve j blackwell l-3com com>]

On 09/15/2005 12:02:14 AM, dinoop thomas wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Locations like 'applications:///, preferences:/// ' etc are vfolder  
> locations. The gnome-vfs  code supporting vfolders have been removed
> from 2.10 and hence you can't open them in nautilus now. If you try  
> to open them in nautilus , you will get an error message saying
> 'applications:/// is not a valid location.'
>
> Regards
> Dinoop

Ah-ha! Last month I reported a similar problem I was having when I  
upgraded to Fedora Core 4

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/nautilus-list/2005-August/msg00047.html

So now I know what the reason is, is there any way to get my desktop  
icons back?

Steve.

> Daniel Drotos wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using debian testing. I've upgraded to gnome 2.10 and nautilus  
> > is now 2.10.1. Now I'm unable to open any special locations with  
> > nautilus like applications:/// preferences:/// start-here:/// only  
> > network:/// is working.
> >
> > What shuld I do to make those work again?
> >
> > Daniel