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Asked: 2016-04-30 08:59:33 +0800 CST

Link broken but when "ls" is used on link in terminal the content is displayed

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I noticed an interesting fact today. I have a link on my Desktop pointing to windows partition (dual boot Ubuntu 14.04 & Win8.1). Because this partition is not automatically mounted the link is marked broken at restart. When I mount the partition and than double click on it it gives me an error that is broken too. But if I use ls command in Terminal on the link I can see all the content. Why is the behaviour different?

Of course if ls is used on the link before the partition is mounted, the content isn't shown.

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1 Answers

  1. You need to restart desktop manager, nautilus.

    1. Kill all its processes

      sudo killall nautilus

    2. Start it over if it did't (it can be started by just opening a folder)

      nautilus -n & disown
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