You have been subscribed to a public bug: Instructions to Reproduce: 1. from the Places Menu drag your home folder to the desktop. this creates a usable icon which you can open and close (works fine). 2. Try do drag a text file or jpg file into the icon with the intention to copy the files to your home folder. 3.Watch it not work
I've included a screenshot of the launcher properties and error, perhaps it's useful. I'm using latest dapper version w/ updates Note: the original reporter indicated the bug was in package 'gnome- desktop'; however, that package was not published in Ubuntu. ** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed -- Moving file into home folder (launcher) created from places doesn't work https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/50524 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs