Clicking "open" when choosing a folder shows the error message ""the folder could not be created"

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Binary package hint: nautilus

To reproduce the error:

a) Places -> Search for Files

b) Look in folder -> other

c) Choose a folder and click open

d) Error message "the folder could not be created" "error creating directory: file exists"

1) Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS

2) Nautilus
  Installed: 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1.1
  Candidate: 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1.1
  Version table:
 *** 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1.1 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1:2.30.0-0ubuntu4 0
        500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages

3) Choose the folder

4) Error message "the folder could not be created" "error creating directory: file exists"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: nautilus 1:2.30.1-0ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.44-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Oct 8 11:57:04 2010
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus

[Omer Akram (om26er)]

thanks for your bug report. I just tried this in Ubuntu 10.10 and got no error. can you please create a new user and then try to reproduce this issue. or even try Ubutnu 10.10 (if you can) to see if the issue is still there. that will be really helpful. thanks again.

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to New. Thanks again!.