Is there a shortcut key for file browser? (Equiv. of Win+E)

Question

In windows you can press the Win+E to get the Windows Explorer window to open up any time.

Is there an equivalent global hot-key to get the file explorer to show up in Ubuntu Karmic?

Answer 1

Open System / Preferences / Keyboard shortcuts

Scroll down to Desktop/Home folder, click on it, then press Win+E.

Click Close.

Answer 2

Alternatively, if you are using Nautilus as file manager. You can do Alt+F2 and type nautilus. You don't even have to finish the whole word since it will auto-complete.

Advantages of this approach are:

1. A general way of opening all programs whose (partial) name you can remember.
2. Needn't remapping keys and memorizing them.