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I'm working on ubuntu 11.10 GNOME Classic.

I copying file(~40GB) to External HD. while file copy in progress I mistakenly minimized the status window. After that I cant reopen that status window. b'z of that I cant identify whether that the transmission has completed or not. pls. help to restore the status window or how can I know the status of that transmission.

Jorge Castro
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First of all: Check your Files icon in the launcher (on your left for most systems). There will be a little progress bar over if it if it's still copying something.

In that case, if you're lucky, you can restore it in tree ways:

  • Look for a file copy icon in your system tray (upper right in most systems). If there's one, click it and the file transfer dialog will reopen

  • Right click on the Files icon in the launcher (yes, the one with progress bar on it) and choose "show copy window"

  • On your Files icon in your system tray (the one with a progress bar) are some small arrows in its left, one for each window. If you manage to click in the arrow, the corresponding window will open. Your copy window might be one of those

In the case none of this work for you, you might be seeing this bug

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1010132

Manuel
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jpkc
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  1. Go to file browser window.
  2. Now alt+~ to switch between grouped windows, this also shows the hidden progress status window.

FYI:

  • alt+tab → Switch between open windows
  • alt+~ → Switch between grouped windows
alkamid
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Baya
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    Doesn't work on Ubuntu 14.04 (alt-tilde works, but there is no file progress window in the group, though the Unity bar icon clearly has a small progress icon) – nmz787 Dec 08 '14 at 20:28
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    Yep, Does not work on 14.04 @nmz787 Did you found any solution? – DearDhruv Dec 22 '14 at 10:22
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    Right click Files > Show copy dialog – Hitechcomputergeek Jun 06 '16 at 23:40
  • If its not working, and Right-click show copy dialog doesn't work either, you are seeing the bug that @jpkc mentioned in his answer. – clyde Nov 07 '16 at 04:20
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    4 years later, and the bug persists in 16.04 .. no wonder people switch to OSX – Andrew Nov 19 '16 at 20:56
  • Does not work on 16.04. @Hitechcomputergeek's solution works (same as option #2 in [jpkc's answer](http://askubuntu.com/a/310101/289003)) – Nateowami Dec 28 '16 at 12:17
  • Ubuntu 16.04: open any folder then press alt ` (alt tilde) none of the other options worked. Pressing alt ` on the desktop wont do it. – CodingInTheUK Apr 01 '17 at 16:38
  • Doesn't work on Ubuntu 16.04 for me either. I'm sure I have seen this problem in all versions since at least 11. However the bug is not limited to Nautilus and file copying, I have seen non-modal windows disappear from other application too. A quick search shows that others have had this problem too, for example https://askubuntu.com/questions/612858/modal-windows-disappear-in-ubuntu-when-show-desktop-button-or-shotcut-is-used and – DAB Dec 13 '17 at 09:33
  • @DAB is the mentioned solution works? I switched to osx couldn't check myself. – Baya Dec 14 '17 at 14:01
  • @Baya My problems seemed to be all in the Unity shell that ships with 16.04. I have played around with gnome-shell for the last few hours and have found it to be much more reliable. I – DAB Dec 14 '17 at 18:15
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I know this might sound primitive, but, I seemed to get back the copy dialog when Alt+~ on 'desktop' - which as I faintly recall was the foreground application when I believe I had minimised the copy dialog in the first place.

What worked for me then?

  1. Alt + tab to 'desktop' or the foreground application when copy dialog minimised
  2. Alt + ~ to reveal copy dialog
Braiam
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Ancient Astronaut
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    Alt + ~ brings the applications windows list, this is the way to switch between windows in the same application. If you open +2 windows of a same application, lets say Firefox, you can switch between them using this key combination. – Braiam Sep 18 '13 at 22:06
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I had the exact same issue, after minimizing the “File Operations” progress bar I could no longer restore the window; even after using alt+tab and alt+~.

However, if you right click the file browser icon on the left and select “Show Copy Dialog” you should then be able to use alt+tab or alt+~ to restore the progress bar window.

Hope that helps!!

CrimsonCode
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There is a change on Ubuntu 18, it shows a small icon on top bar, click that to show progress.

enter image description here

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On the copy status window (in 16.04), I think I hit "go to panel" or a similar button on the dialog while copying a large (15GB) file. I could not recover the copy status window. Nautilus AFAIK does not show files sizes in Bytes but in "human readable" form. Even so, right-clicking on the target file, and choosing properties, Nautilus will show byte size and I can see it increasing. Also I know the size of the source so I know if it is getting close or not.

Another option - I had doublecmd open before I did the Nautilus copy. Navigating a doublecmd window to the target file will show it "pulsing" as it is copied. Also doublecmd seems to inherit the copy operation and shows its percentage status in a bottom row.

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I changed my GPU from nvidia to Intel and the copy dialog came back. (it will stay when you switch to nvidia.) and I'm not sure it was because of this:)

Edit:

I have installed nvidia drivers using this method. after you installed it, you can open Nvidia settings tool by this code:

nvidia-settings and change your GPU from nvidia to intel .

reboot your system and it should come back.

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If you have installed some nautilus extensions like nautilus-open-terminal and others, make sure you have ran :

$ nautilus -q
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    downvote, since it quits the nautilus / windows explorer, `-q, --quit Quit Nautilus` – XoXo Apr 23 '19 at 13:57