I had the same issue. Hidden files shown on start-up. After hiding them using CTRL-H and restart of nautilus, they where in view again.
I managed to fix this by desecting "show hidden and backup files" in EDIT-PREFERENCES-VIEWS. After this was unselected the setting is remembered on restart -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1326572 Title: File manager does not remember "Show hidden files" option turned off To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1326572/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs