[arch-general] Cannot Find Desktop in GNOME3

[Kyle]

I have a desktop now. I didn't have to run gnome-shell or keep it 
permanenttly installed. This is what I did, and it should work for you 
as well.

Go into a terminal and enter these commands:

sudo pacman -S gnome-shell gnome-tweak-tool
gnome-tweak-tool

Now go to the second page from the bottom, I think it's called "file 
manager" or similar and tab to the button that speaks, "switch toggle 
button not pressed." Unfortunately, most of these buttons and dropdown 
boxes don't speak what they are, but this one is the only thing in that 
window. Press space to activate the button. Then you can just hit alt-f4 
to close the window. You should be placed back in the terminal where you 
ran gnome-tweak-tool, where you now can run

sudo pacman -R gnome-shell gnome-tweak-tool

The next time you log in, you will have a Nautilus desktop nearly as you 
remember it from 2.32 and earlier. Orca will have a few problems, such 
as saying that every icon you land on is unselected and that you never 
have anything selected on your desktop when using the "where am I" 
function, but overall, it works. You also still won't be able to  use 
alt-control-d to get to your desktop, but it seems to be in the panel 
list once again. Hope this helps get you up and running.
~Kyle