Ubuntu Version:
25.10
Desktop Environment (if applicable):
GNOME
Problem Description:
I wanted to open the directory I had open in nautilus in the terminal but when I clicked the “Open in Terminal” option in the right click context menu nothing happens
Right click on any folder in nautilus
Click “Open in Terminal”
What I’ve Tried:
I tried making ptyxis the default terminal application through its settings
Running Ubuntu 25.10 here.
All works as before, either right-click menu > Open in terminal or the shortcut CTRL+. open the terminal in the folder.
BTW, ptyxis is the default already so I don’t know what you mean by
tried making ptyxis the default terminal application through its settings
???
This is my terminal output
$ nautilus
** Message: 21:32:12.612: Connecting to org.freedesktop.Tracker3.Miner.Files
MESA-INTEL: warning: ../src/intel/vulkan/anv_formats.c:981: FINISHME: support more multi-planar formats with DRM modifiers
MESA-INTEL: warning: ../src/intel/vulkan/anv_formats.c:949: FINISHME: support YUV colorspace with DRM format modifiers
No valid terminal entry was found in:
/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/:/usr/share/applications/:/usr/local/share/applications/:/usr/share/gnome/applications/:/usr/share/ubuntu/applications/:/home/alparslan/.local/share/applications/
This didn’t work either unfortunately 
But I have found a temporary solution here
https://codeberg.org/jakedane/nautilus-ptyxis
Clicking the three dots in the Nautilus navigation bar even works in a “Try Ubuntu” live session.
Something at your end preventing it working?
This is a fresh install. I don’t know how I could’ve mucked it up in a matter of hours
Making the “wrong” move that may have done it takes a second…
Ubuntu releases are, for the most part, very solid, everything or almost everything works as design from the get go with only minor bugs to iron out.
Where many things go wrong, typically, is when users try to customize, beautify, tweak, use themes, etc. etc. … There’s nothing wrong with that… Except when there is! If you haven’t noted down all and each of those changes, more often than not, it’s very hard to undo.
The above may not be applicable to your case but I bet it does.
I looked into this a bit, and based on the Nautilus output you shared, the issue is fairly clear.
The error message shows that no valid terminal .desktop entry is registered, so “Open in Terminal” has nothing to launch. This points to a Ptyxis / xdg-terminal-exec integration issue in Ubuntu 25.10, rather than any user misconfiguration on your side.
A few quick things you can try:
Reinstall Ptyxis
sudo apt install --reinstall ptyxis
nautilus -q
Then check that /usr/share/applications/ptyxis.desktop exists.
Install GNOME Terminal as a test
sudo apt install gnome-terminal
If “Open in Terminal” starts working again, that confirms the issue is specific to Ptyxis integration.
Temporary workaround
The nautilus-ptyxis extension you found is a valid workaround until this is fixed upstream.
At this point, this looks like a packaging / integration bug in Ubuntu 25.10 rather than something you broke on a fresh install.
I just found the culprit of this situation. Turns out localization broke it.
Please elaborate; how did you figure this out?
well it worked in the live environment and it was using english so i decided switching the language would be worth a try
This will need a bit more testing to be sure.
If simply changing the system language causes the issue, then it does point to a localization problem, which is indeed unusual. To help confirm this, it would be useful to test with more than one non-English language and see if the behavior is consistent.
I am extremely confused. I just switched back to Turkish localization and everything just works now. I know this sounds like a bunch of nonsense but i have no idea what happened
Besides English I already tested (or asked colleagues to test) Spanish, (European) Portuguese, Galician, Catalan and French. No problems.
I also tested this with the Arabic locale on my system and didn’t run into the issue either — “Open in Terminal” works as expected.
If it helps, I can record and share a short video showing the test steps and the result.