No desktop icons on Ubuntu 19.04 after upgrade

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Trevor Orr

I upgraded to Ubuntu 19.04 from 17.10 and now I do not have anything on my desktop at all. I am running this on Virtual Box 6. I know enough about Unix to be dangerous, I just use it for developing websites.

From looking around various articles I have tried these commands as suggested but nothing has worked, any ideas?

From SSH I have tried these:

sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt install --reinstall gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons
sudo apt install --reinstall gnome

heynnema

This is a new "feature" in GNOME 3.32 which is used in Ubuntu 19.04. Basically, only folders are allowed on the Desktop proper. To get to previous icons that were on the desktop, open a Files (Nautilus) window and click on Desktop in the left pane. Suggest that you create a new "Work in Progress" folder on your desktop, and move all of your previous Desktop items into there.

Go to here and configure the Desktop Icons GNOME extension...

If you don't see Desktop Icons, you can get it here.

Update #1:

The user upgraded from 17.10 to 19.04, and there are "leftovers" from previous Ubuntu versions in 19.04 causing crashes. Backup your data, do a fresh install of 19.04, and restore your data.

Update #2:

From the user... "I wiped everything and started over again and have finally got everything installed and configured now."

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edited at2021-07-30

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