As a workaround in future you should be able to open the Unity7 desktop file manager in a Unity8 window by: nautilus -w -- --desktop_file_hint=unity8
However nautilus is crashing right now. Looks like a simple bug 1603923 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1539957 Title: [enhancement] Allow files and links to be put on the Unity8 desktop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/mir/+bug/1539957/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
