/home/bill/System_maintenance/nemo/0_nemo notes.txt ****************** 06Dec2015 Nemo - can't copy-paste files between panes /home/bill/System_maintenance/nemo/0_nemo notes.txt STATUS : 08Mar2016 Howell tried again, >> still no dconf-utils in "Software Manager" repositories! gsettings set org.nemo.preferences context-menus-show-all-actions true >> error : No such key 'context-menus-show-all-actions' NOTE: many "reject" citings by readers JUST USE dolphin!! http://askubuntu.com/questions/642816/cannot-move-copy-files-between-panes-in-nemo-after-update/ asked Jun 30 at 16:37 PenguinCSC I use multiplae panes a lot to move or copy files between panes. After Nautilus made the multiple panes disappear, I used the Webupd8's Repository so i can get that functionality back. Then, after a recent update, the context menu option to move / copy files between panes disappeared too... It seemed to me that no one was bothered by it - because i couldn't even find any mention of the problem, so i set out to find the solution by myself, and now that I found it - I decided to share it with the community. I am sure someone found that an annoyance, like i did. So, here we go: First we have to install the DConf Editor sudo apt-get install dconf-utils Search for dconf in Unity and run it. Navigate to org--> nemo --> preferences. Tick the context-menus-show-all-actions item. Restart Nemo by either right-clicking its' Launcher icon and clicking Quit, or entering killall nemo in a terminal window. It is also possible to do it in a terminal window with a one liner: gsettings set org.nemo.preferences context-menus-show-all-actions true # enddoc