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I dont have the send to option when right click a file and the files are greyed out so am unable to select when trying to copy? please help it was fine before the 14.04 update.

Alan
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The problem is, you are not the root user. Follow the instructions below:

  1. Press Ctrl+Alt+T

  2. Type in the following command and press enter:

    sudo nautilus

  3. Select a file that you want to transfer and send (right click on file, Copy To...) it to any particular location (including, USB).

OR

Follow this:

  1. Press, Ctrl+Alt+T

  2. Use this:

    cp source-address-of-file-including-file destination-address

    In your case: cp /home/username/your-file-name.txt /media/username/your-media-name/

devGeek
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  • did as you instructed and got the below...... – Alan Oct 03 '14 at 09:54
  • failed to register client GDbus error – Alan Oct 03 '14 at 09:55
  • @Alan did the file manager open with your home directory ? – devGeek Oct 03 '14 at 10:02
  • yes but still did not have the send to option – Alan Oct 03 '14 at 10:04
  • @Alan there would be a Copy To option, when you right click a file. Use it. There is no such Send To option. – devGeek Oct 03 '14 at 10:06
  • Have tried that and the files are greyed out and cant select. Before the update I could right click the file and had a sent to option which is now not there. – Alan Oct 03 '14 at 10:10
  • @Alan substitute username, your-media-name, file-name.txt as per your credentials. – devGeek Oct 03 '14 at 10:26
  • @Alan http://buff.ly/1vD6h4S This link helps you further. – devGeek Oct 03 '14 at 14:53
  • @Alan If this answer helped you resolving your problem, Accept it as that will help many others facing the same. – devGeek Oct 05 '14 at 04:29
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    @devGeek Bolded Text makes answers harder to read. I have gone ahead and removed it from this post. Please refrain from doing this in the future, unless it is to highlight easily-missed text (like in the middle of a large paragraph) or to highlight extremely important topics. Use italics for variables or user-dependent values. Thank you! – Kaz Wolfe Oct 20 '14 at 05:30
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I think you should give it a try and copy/paste or move the files within Terminal.

If not you're not handy with Terminal , its about time mate!

I practically do Everything in terminal after several pumps.

moazhmi
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Try using another file manager, like PCManFM:

sudo apt-get install pcmanfm

Start it from the dash. You should be able to copy the files you want.

Smile4ever
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