diff --git a/apps/files/js/filelist.js b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
index 694ddb0c80..78eaa9761a 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -252,9 +252,35 @@ var FileList={
 		$('.creatable').toggleClass('hidden', !isCreatable);
 		$('.notCreatable').toggleClass('hidden', isCreatable);
 	},
-	remove:function(name) {
-		$('tr[data-file="'+name+'"]').find('td.filename').draggable('destroy');
-		$('tr[data-file="'+name+'"]').remove();
+
+	/**
+	 * Shows/hides action buttons
+	 *
+	 * @param show true for enabling, false for disabling
+	 */
+	showActions: function(show){
+		$('.actions,#file_action_panel').toggleClass('hidden', !show);
+		if (show){
+			// make sure to display according to permissions
+			var permissions =  $('#permissions').val();
+			var isCreatable = (permissions & OC.PERMISSION_CREATE) !== 0;
+			$('.creatable').toggleClass('hidden', !isCreatable);
+			$('.notCreatable').toggleClass('hidden', isCreatable);
+		}
+	},
+	/**
+	 * Enables/disables viewer mode.
+	 * In viewer mode, apps can embed themselves under the controls bar.
+	 * In viewer mode, the actions of the file list will be hidden.
+	 * @param show true for enabling, false for disabling
+	 */
+	setViewerMode: function(show){
+		this.showActions(!show);
+		$('#filestable').toggleClass('hidden', show);
+	},
+	remove:function(name){
+		$('tr').filterAttr('data-file',name).find('td.filename').draggable('destroy');
+		$('tr').filterAttr('data-file',name).remove();
 		FileList.updateFileSummary();
 		if ( ! $('tr[data-file]').exists() ) {
 			$('#emptycontent').removeClass('hidden');
diff --git a/settings/ajax/createuser.php b/settings/ajax/createuser.php
index ccc2a5d402..915fcaf2d4 100644
--- a/settings/ajax/createuser.php
+++ b/settings/ajax/createuser.php
@@ -38,8 +38,15 @@ try {
 		}
 		OC_Group::addToGroup( $username, $i );
 	}
+
+	// check whether the user's files home exists
+	$userDirectory = OC_User::getHome($username) . '/files/';
+	$homeExists = file_exists($userDirectory);
+
 	OC_JSON::success(array("data" =>
 				array(
+					// returns whether the home already existed
+					"homeExists" => $homeExists,
 					"username" => $username,
 					"groups" => OC_Group::getUserGroups( $username ))));
 } catch (Exception $exception) {
diff --git a/settings/js/users.js b/settings/js/users.js
index 5b7802c1e3..4c2ad5417c 100644
--- a/settings/js/users.js
+++ b/settings/js/users.js
@@ -467,6 +467,18 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
 						var addedGroups = result.data.groups;
 						UserList.availableGroups = $.unique($.merge(UserList.availableGroups, addedGroups));
 					}
+					if (result.data.homeExists){
+						OC.Notification.hide();
+						OC.Notification.show(t('settings', 'Warning: Home directory for user "{user}" already exists', {user: result.data.username}));
+						if (UserList.notificationTimeout){
+							window.clearTimeout(UserList.notificationTimeout);
+						}
+						UserList.notificationTimeout = window.setTimeout(
+							function(){
+								OC.Notification.hide();
+								UserList.notificationTimeout = null;
+							}, 10000);
+					}
 					if($('tr[data-uid="' + username + '"]').length === 0) {
 						UserList.add(username, username, result.data.groups, null, 'default', true);
 					}