@Harry: The folders don't always show up for me because my unity search results for the same query are often inconsistent (see bug 810823). Are you seeing a Files & Folders section at all (what if you create a file called ~/downloads.txt)?
Here's more formal steps. Load up a natty LiveCD Search "down" and get the Downloads folder Delete the ~/Downloads folder from nautilus Search "doc" (workaround bug 810823) Search "down" and the Downloads folder is still there! You shouldn't have to do anything other than delete a folder from nautilus to make it stop showing in your results. That's how it works for any other file. I tried applying updates to the LiveCD, but I don't have enough memory. However, I've updated unity (dpkg -l output changes from 3.8.10-0ubuntu2 to 3.8.16-0ubuntu1-natty1) and run setsid unity to restart unity. The above steps still show the Downloads folder. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Zeitgeist Framework Team, which is subscribed to Zeitgeist Framework. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/780841 Title: The files lens includes folders that don't exist Status in Unity: New Status in Zeitgeist Framework: Invalid Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: unity The first thing I do after I install ubuntu is "cd ~; rmdir *" to remove the folders that I don't use. (I already have analogs in another partition that I mount as ~/data.) However, these folders (~/Downloads, ~/Documents, ~/Pictures, ~/Videos) show up in the Dash's search results even though the folders don't exist. I see these ghost folders in "Top Results" when searching by invoking the dash, using "Find Files", or using "Files & Folders". I tried clearing my zeitgeist history: rm ~/.local/share/zeitgeist/activity.sqlite zeitgeist-daemon --replace But these folders still show up. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: zeitgeist 0.7.1-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue May 10 18:16:45 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: zeitgeist UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/780841/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~zeitgeist Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~zeitgeist More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
