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How to remove corrupted .gvfs directory

The .gvfs directory found in home directories of users is actually the GnomeVFS (Gnome Virtual File System).  This provides seamless and uniform access for the Nautilus file manager to  users data no matter where and how it is stored. Data can be stored on a remote mounted file system, the local disk, a USB drive [...]

Open Special Locations in Nautilus with URI

For Linux, the official file manager for the GNOME desktop is Nautilus. In case you wondering the origin for Nautilus, it is a play on words. By evoking the shell of a nautilus to represent an operating system shell. Nautilus replaced Midnight Commander in GNOME 1.4 and was the default from version 2.0 onwards.