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Anonymous
Linux mint help 08/30/25(Sat)14:49:23 No.1538924

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Linux mint help Anonymous 08/30/25(Sat)14:49:23 No.1538924

So I tried to open a program in my file manager by double clicking it and my cat was sitting on a key at the same time. This apparently made the program I was trying to open and another (because i clicked twice) disappear. I have no idea what key on my keyboard my cat pressed down and I don't know where the files went nor do I know what the action is called. If anyone could tell me what I did and how to get the program back that would be great

Anonymous
08/30/25(Sat)15:19:19 No.1538926

Anonymous 08/30/25(Sat)15:19:19 No.1538926

I am confused but first what filemanger and look into your keybind settings
Out of curiousity, what kind of program do you want to Start from file manager?

Anonymous
08/30/25(Sat)15:40:58 No.1538928

Anonymous 08/30/25(Sat)15:40:58 No.1538928

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>>1538926
Thunar file manager
picrel
It's a linux version of a game that I just double click to open like anything else

Anonymous
08/30/25(Sat)17:30:15 No.1538932

Anonymous 08/30/25(Sat)17:30:15 No.1538932

>>1538924
First use Catfish or FIle Search to search for the name of the executable to if it was moved somewhere.

Anonymous
08/30/25(Sat)17:37:35 No.1538933

Anonymous 08/30/25(Sat)17:37:35 No.1538933

>>1538932
No files found

Anonymous
08/31/25(Sun)12:07:20 No.1538979

Anonymous 08/31/25(Sun)12:07:20 No.1538979

i'm assuming you didn't change thunar shortcut keybinds
several things i can think of
it went to the trash (delete)
it got deleted permanently (shift+delete and then enter)
the file got renamed (f2) and maybe deleted to the trash or permanently
the file got renamed with a dot in the beginning and you have turned it into a hidden file
you moved it somewhere else

Anonymous
08/31/25(Sun)15:20:40 No.1538994

Anonymous 08/31/25(Sun)15:20:40 No.1538994

>>1538979
>you have turned it into a hidden file
how do i solve this one

Anonymous
08/31/25(Sun)15:24:31 No.1538995

Anonymous 08/31/25(Sun)15:24:31 No.1538995

nvm i solved it, thanks for the help

Anonymous
08/31/25(Sun)17:46:01 No.1539006

Anonymous 08/31/25(Sun)17:46:01 No.1539006

>>1538995
...care to share with the rest of the class?

Anonymous
08/31/25(Sun)20:39:35 No.1539019

Anonymous 08/31/25(Sun)20:39:35 No.1539019

>>1539006
I'm a little embarrassed to say what the fix was (it went to the recycling bin) also worth noting if I didn't create a recycling bin previously it would've been gone for good. For some weird reason linux mint doesnt come with a recycling bin but it still lets you delete stuff into the void

Anonymous
08/31/25(Sun)20:42:55 No.1539020

Anonymous 08/31/25(Sun)20:42:55 No.1539020

>>1539019
>linux mint doesnt come with a recycling bin
Wat? That sounds like bullshit

Anonymous
08/31/25(Sun)23:52:37 No.1539036

Anonymous 08/31/25(Sun)23:52:37 No.1539036

>>1539019
It does come with a recycling bin.

Anonymous
09/01/25(Mon)01:00:18 No.1539043

Anonymous 09/01/25(Mon)01:00:18 No.1539043

>>1539019
barebones linux (like without any desktop environments like mint's xfce/cinnamon, with file managers like thunar) does not have trash by default. the file managers implement their own version of it.
linux mint does come with a DE and a file manager though, so it does have trash. that is unless you decide to either permanently delete the file or you use the command line to rm the file

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