Take the 2-minute tour ×  When I start my computer and login the
desktop icons do not show. However, when I open the desktop
folder in my file manager, they appear. How can I make them show
right from the start?  I use Nemo as file manager, Unity is my
desktop environment and the whole thing runs on Ubuntu 12.10
Quantal Quetzal.  share|improve this question Does Nemo also
handle the Desktop?, possibly it is because it isn't running
until you start it by opening it, there's nothing drawing your
desktop, that could be it. –  Uri Herrera Jan 6 '13 at 21:27 I
don't know, how do I check? –  Daan Wilmer Jan 8 '13 at 0:51 add
comment  3 Answers  up vote 1 down vote accepted  I think the
problem is that Nemo doesn't start automatically. To check this,
as soon as you log in open "system monitor" and control if
"Nemo" is one of the active processes. If not you should go to
"Applications boot", or something similar, and add an entry,
call it "Nemo" and fill in as a command "nemo".  share|improve
this answer Running nemo