same problem also installing from the daily dated 20170731. let me know if i can send some other data (syslog, installer syslog ...) I have installed from daily dated 20170731 and than nothing done to have a clean situation.
this is the home folder as installed from ISO Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170725) corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0725:~$ ls -a . .bashrc examples.desktop .mozilla .. .cache .gnupg .profile .bash_history .config .ICEauthority .ssh .bash_logout Desktop .local .sudo_as_admin_successful corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0725:~$ ls .config -a . dconf eog gedit gnome-session gtk-3.0 nautilus .. enchant evolution gnome-games goa-1.0 ibus pulse corrado@corrado-HP-aa-0725:~$ -- 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/1706916 Title: 'new document' option missing on right click Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: right click on window of a folder does not show 'new document' also if /home/templates is populated. .config/user-dirs.dirs does not exist. also other files/folders are missing in /home. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10 Package: nautilus 1:3.24.1-0ubuntu5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.11.0-10.15-generic 4.11.8 Uname: Linux 4.11.0-10-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.6-0ubuntu4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: GNOME Date: Thu Jul 27 11:44:10 2017 InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-07-18 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170717) SourcePackage: nautilus UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1706916/+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