Help! Problems with Nautilus and mounted drives

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I have problems with Nautilus; when there are mounted drives, the file explorer doesn't open. I would like to know if this is an isolated problem or a general issue with the version.

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Thats a strange issue to have that I haven't experienced in OS 16, so it likely is OS 18 specific.

I'd like you to enter terminal CTRL ALT T

Type nautilus

Please post any errors you receive from it.

For now, to get you going, will try installing another file explorer, that is a known good one, lets install Nemo.

Launch Nemo, try it out

sudo apt-get install nemo

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Try sudo apt reinstall nautilus to reinstall Nautilus.

Happens that with every mounted Driver or only with a specific one?

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Hello,
I had the same problem. The proposal from @Ponce-De-Leon was the solution for me.

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I just ran sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade, and apparently the problem was fixed. I have several drives mounted and everything is working fine.

I saw that the version of GNOME and Nautilus was updated; did any of those updated packages include the bug fix?

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Have the same problem but this solution not solving my case. Specialy when mounted pendrive is runing from desktop icon in zorin 18 pro.

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I'm struggling with Nautilus too. If I try to open it, it just won't. Reinstalling it doesn't change anything, packets are up to date according to apt update.
When I try opening nautilus from terminal it shows this error:

"Connecting to org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files
Failed to register: Zeitüberschreitung wurde erreicht (GER: timelimit reached)"

Can anyone help me fix any of this? nautilus is so deeply embedded, it breaks a lot if it won't open reliably.
Thanks!

PS: I'm on Zorin 18 core and kinda new to the game. I've done some Linux before, but trying to set up my new main/productive system here.

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Thanks to @Nourpon I found the solution: Nautilus (file manager) in Zorin 18 randomly stuck and thumbnails problem

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crush "said solution not solving my case. Specialy when mounted pendrive is runing from desktop icon in zorin 18 pro"

Does 18Pro support not cover that? Just wondering?