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Hi I am using xubuntu with the xfce desktop. The version of ubuntu is 19.10

I have been having a lot of problems with snaps being able to access files from other sources then my main hard drive. For example a secondary internal hdd or a usb thumb drive would give me a permission denied when trying to access them. I finally did some research since I am very new to linux and still learning the ropes. I read this article to understand about setting permissions for the snaps I install. https://ubuntu.com/blog/a-guide-to-snap-permissions-and-interfaces.

I see from the article when you install the snap or look at a already installed snap in the gnome software package that there is a LAUNCH REMOVE and PERMISSIONS button. For me unfortunately there is no PERMISSIONS button. Is this something I might have done or is this by design for my operating system. Is there a fix for this if it was not by design, or what other way can I set permissions up for my snaps.

It been very frustrating since all the files I need to work with are not in my Home folder and thus are inaccessible leaving me with a very large paper weight.

Thanks in advance.

Joan Drew
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Sadly I think I am going back to Windows everything is such a pain to accomplish here. I just installed gnome desktop and it took forever to get the desktop icons enabled but I figured it out. The icons show up like generic document icons and when you click them they fail in error. Under the desktop folder they look and work fine. Was going to re-add them to desktop which in windows is as easy as dragging or right click create shortcut. In gnome apparently its like go under the bed find that old box..and don't forget your papermate pen in case you get trapped under the bed cuz it even writes upside down. Then use this tweak tool and add these commands to the terminal window... then do more reasearch for about an hour and voila a Shortcut. grrr. I'm sad to go was excited about this OS but I cannot be spending an hour of time every time I want to customize something that should take a few seconds. Thanks again for all the help you gave anyways it was very appreciated.

Joan Drew
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