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The files associated with desktop icons have lines like:

Exec=nemo -n

What does the -n do?

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pinnerite wrote:

The files associated with desktop icons have lines like:

Exec=nemo -n

What does the -n do?

I don't know 'authoritatively' but my guess would be to open a (new)
window (according to some default location).
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On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 19:17:31 +0100
pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com> wrote:

The files associated with desktop icons have lines like:

Exec=nemo -n

What does the -n do?

nemo .h
-n, --no-default-window Only create windows for explicitlyspecified URIs
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On 9/1/25 2:40 PM, yossarian wrote:

On Mon, 1 Sep 2025 19:17:31 +0100
pinnerite <pinnerite@gmail.com> wrote:

The files associated with desktop icons have lines like:

Exec=nemo -n

What does the -n do?

nemo .h
-n, --no-default-window Only create windows for explicitlyspecified URIs

And to pinnerite: You should try it in shell.
'nemo -n ~/Downloads' or 'nemo ~/Downloads'
What happens?

Here nemo -n does nothing. I gave it no folder to start in.
but nemo -n ~/Downloads does open a window and Downloads.
My guess it's a safeguard to not open windows unless a starting folder is supplied.
Normally nemo along just opens in $HOME
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