I looked at the status of this today in Ubuntu 18.04. GNOME Software has been updated so that it shows better results in this case instead of an error. (But it's still not perfect. Try gedit as the test case instead of nautilus.)
Seb Bacher suggested that gnome-shell is probably wrong for sending the old .desktop ID to gnome-software instead of the new one so I'm opening a gnome-shell task here. We also discussed this general issue in the Ubuntu Desktop team today. We do not intend to drop the compatibility desktop files now for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS since they provide a useful service to upgrading Unity users. It looks like we will probably drop them in 18.10 though since they should no longer be needed then for GNOME or Unity. ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Changed in: gnome-pkg-tools (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Changed in: gnome-pkg-tools (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Triaged => Invalid ** Also affects: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Triaged ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Xenial) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: New => Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of नेपाली भाषा समायोजकहरुको समूह, which is subscribed to Xenial. Matching subscriptions: Ubuntu 16.04 Bugs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1606901 Title: Clicking "Show details" in AO for Nautilus produces "Could not find 'nautilus.desktop'" error from gnome-software Status in Ubuntu GNOME: Triaged Status in gnome-pkg-tools package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in nautilus package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in gnome-pkg-tools source package in Xenial: Invalid Status in gnome-shell source package in Xenial: Triaged Status in gnome-software source package in Xenial: Triaged Status in nautilus source package in Xenial: Invalid Bug description: In the Activities Overview applications list, if I right-click on "Files" (AKA Nautilus) and select the "Show details" option gnome- software is launched but with the error of "Could not find 'nautilus.desktop'": gnome-software_Could_Not_Find_Nautilus-desktop.png I am running Ubuntu GNOME 16.04 with GNOME 3.20. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-gnome/+bug/1606901/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators Post to : group.of.nepali.translators@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~group.of.nepali.translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp