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Baya
Asked: 2012-03-15 03:01:20 +0800 CST

How to restore file copy / transfer status window?

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I'm working on ubuntu 11.10 GNOME Classic.

I copying file(~40GB) to External HD. while file copy in progress I mistakenly minimized the status window. After that I cant reopen that status window. b'z of that I cant identify whether that the transmission has completed or not. pls. help to restore the status window or how can I know the status of that transmission.

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8 Answers

  1. First of all: Check your Files icon in the launcher (on your left for most systems). There will be a little progress bar over if it if it's still copying something.

    In that case, if you're lucky, you can restore it in tree ways:

    • Look for a file copy icon in your system tray (upper right in most systems). If there's one, click it and the file transfer dialog will reopen

    • Right click on the Files icon in the launcher (yes, the one with progress bar on it) and choose "show copy window"

    • On your Files icon in your system tray (the one with a progress bar) are some small arrows in its left, one for each window. If you manage to click in the arrow, the corresponding window will open. Your copy window might be one of those

    In the case none of this work for you, you might be seeing this bug

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1010132

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  2. Best Answer
    1. Go to file browser window.
    2. Now alt+~ to switch between grouped windows, this also shows the hidden progress status window.

    FYI:

    • alt+tab → Switch between open windows
    • alt+~ → Switch between grouped windows
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  3. I know this might sound primitive, but, I seemed to get back the copy dialog when Alt+~ on 'desktop' - which as I faintly recall was the foreground application when I believe I had minimised the copy dialog in the first place.

    What worked for me then?

    1. Alt + tab to 'desktop' or the foreground application when copy dialog minimised
    2. Alt + ~ to reveal copy dialog
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  4. I had the exact same issue, after minimizing the “File Operations” progress bar I could no longer restore the window; even after using alt+tab and alt+~.

    However, if you right click the file browser icon on the left and select “Show Copy Dialog” you should then be able to use alt+tab or alt+~ to restore the progress bar window.

    Hope that helps!!

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  5. There is a change on Ubuntu 18, it shows a small icon on top bar, click that to show progress.

    enter image description here

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  6. I changed my GPU from nvidia to Intel and the copy dialog came back. (it will stay when you switch to nvidia.) and I'm not sure it was because of this:)

    Edit:

    I have installed nvidia drivers using this method. after you installed it, you can open Nvidia settings tool by this code:

    nvidia-settings and change your GPU from nvidia to intel .

    reboot your system and it should come back.

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  7. On the copy status window (in 16.04), I think I hit "go to panel" or a similar button on the dialog while copying a large (15GB) file. I could not recover the copy status window. Nautilus AFAIK does not show files sizes in Bytes but in "human readable" form. Even so, right-clicking on the target file, and choosing properties, Nautilus will show byte size and I can see it increasing. Also I know the size of the source so I know if it is getting close or not.

    Another option - I had doublecmd open before I did the Nautilus copy. Navigating a doublecmd window to the target file will show it "pulsing" as it is copied. Also doublecmd seems to inherit the copy operation and shows its percentage status in a bottom row.

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  8. If you have installed some nautilus extensions like nautilus-open-terminal and others, make sure you have ran :

    $ nautilus -q
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