Running `ps aux|grep -i nautilus|grep -v grep` showed there was a process running called `nautilus -n`. This instance seemed to somehow be blocking additional instances from launching. After I killed this, I was able to launch Nautilus as normal via the Gnome launcher and via the command line.
This seems to be related to this bug https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ gthumb/ +bug/1327002
Running `ps aux|grep -i nautilus|grep -v grep` showed there was a process running called `nautilus -n`. This instance seemed to somehow be blocking additional instances from launching. After I killed this, I was able to launch Nautilus as normal via the Gnome launcher and via the command line.