Changing Keyboard Shortcuts in Nautilus file manager

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How to fix the BackSpace shortcut key and change other Keyboard shortcuts in Nautilus File Manager.

This was a change that appeared in Nautilus 3.6 and affects the following Linux Distros: Ubuntu 13.04, Fedora 17, OpenSUSE 12.3, Arch, Gentoo, and any other Gnome based distros made 2013 onwards.

Instructions:
Press Ctrl+H to show hidden files
Navigate to /home/user/.config/nautilus
Open "accels"

Search for line that has "/ShellActions/Up"
Delete leading semi-colon (;)
Replace "Alt Up" with "BackSpace" (Note this is case sensitive)


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