By the way, in prior versions of Ubuntu, a simple “nautilus -q” was enough to make Nautilus restart. Since Ubuntu 12.04, if one just do “nautilus -q” as before, then the desktop disappears, and that's probably why the OP wants “nautilus -q && nautilus”.
Trying to restart Nautilus the way he wants, I get this error: Could not register the application: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Message did not receive a reply (timeout by message bus). Whether I do it from a console or from a script, the result is the same. I use to do it with pre‑12.04 Ubuntu versions, from script, to update the environment after some refreshing (update-mime-database, update- menus and the like). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945878 Title: Nautilus restart fails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/945878/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs