home directory shortcut

[kapil singh kushwah]

Thank you very much.;
It is perfect solution.................i am impressed :-)

why don't it is appear on desktop by default.



On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Kevin Valentine
<kevin.valentine at gmail.com>wrote:

> kapil singh kushwah wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > can anybody tell me how to create home directory shortcut on desktop ??
> > i don't want to create link over here.
>
> This is a gnome/nautilus configuration option.  Here's a quick way to
> make the Home icon visible in the desktop from a terminal:
> gconftool-2 --set /apps/nautilus/desktop/home_icon_visible --type bool 1
>
> Whenever I install Ubuntu to a PC, I tend to forget all of those
> parameters.  I find it easier to open gconf-editor (from the terminal),
> go to "apps --> nautilus --> desktop, and toggle home_icon_visible.
>  From there you'll notice that you can make other desktop icons visible
> too.  For more information on this, go here:
>
> http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/06/19/adding-custom-icons-and-disabling-desktop-icons-in-gnome/
>
> -kevin
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Kapil singh Kushwah
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