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Bug 603908 - Gnome forgets positions of links to NTFS-located files on desktop
Gnome forgets positions of links to NTFS-located files on desktop
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Desktop
2.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
: 601158 602639 604413 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-12-06 16:11 UTC by merc68k
Modified: 2018-01-02 18:46 UTC
See Also:
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Description merc68k 2009-12-06 16:11:36 UTC 
I have several files and directories located on an NTFS-3g mounted partition that I have made links to from my Desktop folder.  

In previous versions of Gnome (whichever shipped with Ubuntu 9.04 or Linux Mint 7), the icons would stay wherever I placed them.  But now, any time I log in, all of these icons are on the left edge of the screen, as if they had never been positioned at all.

I have a few other links set up to files on ext4 partitions, and they behave as they should, so it seems to be some incompatibility with NTFS.
Comment 1 Cosimo Cecchi 2011-04-04 01:34:11 UTC 
*** Bug 604413 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 Cosimo Cecchi 2011-04-04 01:34:44 UTC 
*** Bug 602639 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Cosimo Cecchi 2011-04-04 01:35:04 UTC 
*** Bug 601158 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 António Fernandes 2018-01-02 18:46:54 UTC 
Starting with version 3.28, nautilus will not handle the "files on desktop background" feature. For better alternatives, read this blog post https://csorianognome.wordpress.com/2017/12/21/nautilus-desktop-plans/