<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> When you said you checked the key, did you go to a terminal and type gconf-editor, then go to apps/nautilus/preferences? If so, is there anything else that might lead you to believe that your desktop wasn't, in fact, showing? If so, you might check .config -> user-dirs.dirs good luck cheers, pete spacemarc wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:e88b70fc0710241213n1bd4f1b6i201f1884e8f65151@mail.gmail.com" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">Hi guys I want to show the trash icon on my desktop... I've checked this key: /apps/nautilus/desktop/trash_icon_visible but the icon is still hidden. How can I do view it? </pre> </blockquote> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Pete Clapham Department of Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio, 44115 Voice: [216] 687-4820 Fax: [216] 687-6972 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:w.clapham@csuohio.edu">w.clapham@csuohio.edu</a> </pre> </body> </html>