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I have been using gnome-session-flashback package for some time now and it has never caused this issue before but i have just got a new machine with Ubuntu 14 LTS on it and when i installed this package it would stop showing desktop icons when i open new instance of File Explorer.

Every time i run this command they show up but disappear when i open file explorer:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

I also tried setting it from dconf-editor although i think both are same and with the same effect.

xmaestro
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So if anyone is having this issue, it's because his Nautilus is opening up with --no-desktop flag. Most probably it's an icon or link created by yourself and upon editing it's properties you can remove the flag to make it work so that desktop icons don't disappear anymore.

xmaestro
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try this command

gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-flashback.desktop show-icons true
Vijay
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