The command is "nautilus $HOME/Dropbox", not "$HOME/Dropbox".
And nevermind, I've figured it out. Dropbox launches nautilus using "nautilus --no-desktop $HOME/Dropbox", which, in Ubuntu 15.04, turns off the desktop icon rendering. I think this is solely a bug in nautilus, because as far as I know, "--no-desktop" was supposed to just tell nautilus not to render the desktop *only* while launching. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1453655 Title: desktop icons disappear on Ubuntu 15.04 when clicking Open Dropbox folder To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1453655/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs