The view is handled by nautilus so it would be up to nautilus to resolve it, but the nautilus upstream said they are no interest in keeping that feature so in practice it means it's not going to be resolved. You can probably try other file manager applications though...
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1875204 Title: .desktop files inside folders on the Desktop cannot be launched Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I can create a folder on the desktop (right click -> New Folder) and if I move a .desktop file into that folder, I can no longer launch the program. Right-clicking on it gives me the "Run" menu option, but that option does nothing. --- ProblemType: Bug ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu8.8 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.10 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-06-02 (329 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416) Package: nautilus 1:3.34.1-1ubuntu1 PackageArchitecture: amd64 ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm-256color PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.3.0-46.38-generic 5.3.18 Tags: eoan Uname: Linux 5.3.0-46-generic x86_64 UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to eoan on 2020-03-29 (29 days ago) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo _MarkForUpload: True usr_lib_nautilus: To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1875204/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
