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Launcher opens a new window if nautilus was opened on a mount position

Bug #1228595 reported by Luca Chiodini on 2013-09-21

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #1170647: After minimizing a Nautilus window of another partition or external media or Trash folder, clicking on the "Files" icon on the Launcher again doesn't restore the minimized window, but opens a new one. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	unity (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I'm running ubuntu 13.04.

Steps to reproduce the bug:
- Open nautilus
- Navigate to a mounted filesystem (e.g. a NTFS partition or a USB drive)
- Open another program at fullscreen (hiding nautilus)
- Click on nautilus icon on Launcher to restore previous opened nautilus window

What happens:
- A new nautilus window opens

What should happen:
- Previous opened windows reappears.

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2013-09-21:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Revision history for this message

Sami Jaktholm (sjakthol) wrote on 2014-04-05:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1170647, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.