Elementary is an elegant operating system. It resembles like a Mac operating system. When you install Elementary OS afresh, you will not see icons on the desktop. If we right-click on the desktop, you will not get the right-click menu as in other operating systems. This guide will help you to enable desktop icons and desktop right-click in Elementary OS. Step 1. Install Nautilus dconf-tools: Open terminal and type the following command. sudo apt update. sudo apt install --no-install-recommends nautilus dconf-tools. Step 2. Choose what you want to view on your Desktop: Run dconf editor from Slingshot. Go to Org -> gnome -> nautilus -> desktop in the left menu tree, check the necessary parts. Step 3. Edit: Go to Org -> pantheon -> desktop -> Cerbere and add as shown below. Edit the 'Monitored-process' as ['wingpanel', 'plank', 'slingshot-launcher --silent', 'nautilus -n'] Step 4. Config Again: Go back to Org -> gnome -> desktop -> background and check the box next to "show-desktop-icons" in the right menu. Step 5. Run Command: Open terminal and type following command 'nautilus -n'. You will see that there are icons on the screen and the right-click menu also works. To add an icon, click "Applications" in the upper left corner and drag it to the desktop. Note: If there any problem, you can log out and log in again to see the changes. You can also reboot the system. ...
