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Getting Files/Nautilus to launch in a different folder

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Enmus - Starting/launching an application with arguments/parameters (qvm-run) - #6 by enmus

Instructions

  1. Edit /user/share/applications/org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop inside your qube which launches Nautilus.

  2. Add your desired “launch folder” to the end of the “Exec=” line.
    (E.g. nautilus /home/user/temp)

  3. Change “DBusActivatable=true” to “DBusActivatable=false

Unfortunately this will also result in the Qubes domain Open File Manager option from the toolbar/panel opening two windows, I haven’t figured out how to solve this one yet.