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I use Ubuntu 20.04, the problem is the Files app in the system does not open. I tried different method such as reinstalling nautilus, its data. But non of it seems to work as in I still cannot open the app. I tried changing the permissions of the home directory as well but that didn't work out either. This all started when I installed OBS. But I uninstalled that as well. links to the post I referred : "Files" File manager is not working on Ubuntu 20.04 I tried everything from this post but non of that worked for me so please can anyone help me

i tried this line to reinstall nautilus

sudo apt-get remove nautilus
sudo apt-get install nautilus

then I tried to reinstall its data

sudo apt-get install --reinstall nautilus-data

and the above lines gave a successful message yet only

sudo nautilus

worked but only showed me the root and efi. As you can clearly see that only efi and root are visible Photo

So I went forward and did the change permission thing of the home directory so i did that to the home folder in the root drive. And one more thing to note is whenever i try to launch the nautilus my swap memory suddenly rises and the system slows for about a minute. Despite the fact that i have 12Gb of physical memory but during that time only 1 Gb is used and around 26% to 45% of swap is used.

Samarth
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    If you read the link that you provided, then you already have a good idea that we are going to ask about improper sudo use and the ownership/permissions of Nautilus. Since you "tried everything", you already have that information and other troubleshooting output readily available, so why is none of it in your Question? – user535733 Nov 17 '21 at 13:05
  • well because the outputs discussed in that post are the same ones that i got if you want i can post the outputs as well – Samarth Nov 17 '21 at 13:22
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    Right now it seems like a duplicate with a simple answer, so please show us how you determined that it's not a duplicate. Please edit your question; do not add new information in comments. – user535733 Nov 17 '21 at 13:33

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