You should now see the shortcut to that folder on your Desktop.

The second choice will bring up a menu and you click on 'Create Link'.

The only difference between the two is that the first choice will create the shortcut link automatically.

Just hold down the alt key only and then click, drag and drop the folder into the Desktop window.

In the second window (Movies), while holding down the Shift and Ctrl key together, click, drag and drop the folder into the first window.

In the second window, go to the directory that has the folder that you want to create a shortcut with.īelow, my Desktop is to the left and the folder that I want to copy to the desktop is to the right.

Super+L or Ctrl+Alt+L: Locks the screen Locking screen when you are not at your desk is one of the most basic security tips.

I even mention it in various tutorials on It’s FOSS when it involves opening a terminal. This is my favorite keyboard shortcut in Ubuntu.

In the first window, head to your Desktop. Ctrl+Alt+T is the shortcut to open terminal in Ubuntu.

You should now have two windows open showing your home directory in both of them. You can choose whether you wish to have shortcuts to your home directory, the trash can, network servers, and mounted volumes shown on the desktop. Click the Show icons slider button to allow desktop icons. When Tweaks has launched, click on on Desktop in the left-hand pane. To open the second window, right click the Files icon and choose 'New Window'. Open the folder in the file manager (nautilus), navigate to the directory to which you want to create a shortcut to. The icon will look different in Ubuntu 19.10.

Search for a program called 'Files' and open it twice.

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