I'm using PCLinuxOS (LXDE) and just installed adesklets, but thew shortcut does not appear in the start menu. I even tried restarting.

How do I go about adding shortcuts in there as well as in the default panel that's at the bottom of the screen.

Thanks.

look for .desktop files, probably in your /usr directory. Each one determines an entry on your panel or menu. Find one that refers to an entry in the menu category you want, make a copy and edit it to reflect your new application. Save it in the same place and the menu should update straight away.

I can't see any .desktop files anywhere. I even did a "search for files and folders" and searched for hidden files through the filesystem folder (/) and it's sub-folders, but nothing.

I wouldn't rely on GUI searching, it never works very well in my experience. Try the following command -

sudo find / | grep .desktop | less

Thanks, but this doesn' t seem to bring up any results. here's what I get after a while of putting in the code

V strange. Please copy /paste the whole thing (ie your input and the output) here.


Also, look in /usr/share/applications. They should be in there anyway so you won't need to search.

This is what I get when I input sudo find / | grep .desktop | less in the terminalI don't see a single .desktop file in here (I used GUI filemanager, as I don't know how to get the listing of a directory's content's in Terminal.

OK, here goes.

1) Add yourself to sudoers by becoming root -

Then entering your root password.
Then type -

Then add the line showed below in bold -

You will need to know a tiny bit about how to use the vi text editor to do that bit. Google it, it's not hard to learn the little bit you need.

2) Change back to your normal user by entering -

Then list the .desktop files by using the following commands

then

This should list all the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications.

Then refer back to my original post on what to do with the .desktop files.


Finally, I will quote you -

"I used GUI filemanager, as I don't know how to get the listing of a directory's content's in Terminal."

A single google search would have found this information for you. I'm willing to help, as are loads of other people, but no-one is going to be willing to spoon-feed you for long.

Regards

spoov

(hit quick reply by accident while sleeping sorry. just delete my post)