How do I make "MATE Search Tool" a favorite

[Aravisian]

By the time I got to this thread, another user created the following tutorial. :

Three ways to edit files and folders as root

You can use sudo -H nautilus Or sudo -i nautilus The reason it is dangerous is because on occasions (even though it is fine most of the time), it can create a hefty permissions error. Your configurations are stored in home, but running directly off of sudo, you are running from Root. Since you are launching from Home, as Root, with no front end, it can cause the system to write any changes as owned by Root. This can cause a variety of difficult to diagnose problems - and on this for…

If you are using Core, you would call on Files by its actual software name: nautilus
If you are using Lite, you could call on the file manager by its name: thunar