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Old 02-03-2005, 09:53 AM   #1
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add launcher to menu?


I don't know why I can't add a launcher to the Applications menu. I Open the Applications menu, go to the section I want to add the launcher, right click to access the "Entire Menu" selection, select "Add new item to this menu" - type in all the relevant info... and...

nothing.

I've even tried it as root - no go. Nothing shows up in the menu. I double-checked the location I'm using for the launcher... I jus' dunno anymore.

I'm on Slack 10 current
 
Old 02-03-2005, 10:10 AM   #2
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Have you restarted X Windows since you added them? For some reason I have to restart X in order for new launchers to appear.
 
Old 02-04-2005, 08:41 PM   #3
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I restart after an attempt at making a new launcher and ... nothing. It's like I never even tried to add it.

I am using Gnome, btw... Maybe I should try and like get to like KDE's "Mattel" looks...
 
Old 02-05-2005, 12:42 PM   #4
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open up Nautilus. In the location bar (if you don't have one, use the menus) go to:
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applications:///
Look around in there and see if you can find the entries that you added. If you can (you should) it is actually a .desktop file. If you open it up. You may find that a line "TryExec=" is in it. If so, delete that line. Should work now.
 
Old 02-05-2005, 10:41 PM   #5
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Shilo! Once again the rescuer! I did indeed find the launchers in "applications:///", but how do I open the launcher without launching the application? I can right-click the launcher and "Edit Launcher" - but that doesn't show me much - nothing with "TryExec=" in it anyways...

I'm about 50% there...


But why does this happen? It didn't used to when I first started with Slack 10... ?
 
Old 02-06-2005, 02:59 AM   #6
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Why does it happen? I don't know very well. It's some new upcoming feature in Gnome that hasn't been fully implemented yet. Clearly, it is still a bit buggy.

How to edit the launcher? Let's say that the launcher is called Program. It's actually Program.desktop. How do you edit it? Open up gedit, but not maximized. Drag the launcher and drop it on the gedit window. There, it will open up, with a bunch of text for you to check out. TryExec should be near the bottom.
 
Old 02-07-2005, 09:07 PM   #7
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Grrrrr.... I did all that - and a big thangew, by the way - but the file *.desktop is labelled "RO". I've looked all over to find and change the ownership/permissions of this launcher, but can't find it anywhere.

I've tried to open Gedit from the command line as root, then open Nautilus from command line as root and dragging/dropping a launcher from Nautilus to Gedit... but it still won't let me edit the file.

Where do these launchers live so I can change the ownership/permissions with MC?

Last edited by noxious; 02-08-2005 at 08:38 AM.
 
Old 02-08-2005, 04:43 PM   #8
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I got it fixed - I thought I should post how it works, for others with the same question.

The launchers that you add (or try to add) reside in /home/<name>/.gnome2/vfolders/applications

I opened a terminal and navigated there using nautilus, as root and dragged/dropped the launcher into another opened gedit window. There, I deleted the "TryExec" line.

Save the file. All should be well now...
 
Old 02-08-2005, 05:33 PM   #9
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I opened a terminal and navigated there using nautilus, as root and dragged/dropped the launcher into another opened gedit window.
if you have trouble opening files as root you could also just type "gedit launchername" as root
 
Old 02-09-2005, 01:42 PM   #10
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Cool!
 
Old 02-09-2005, 04:43 PM   #11
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you could also just type "gedit launchername" as root
This is true. My only trouble (and I'm sure this will sound dumb) is remembering the launcher name. Especially when it's under "applications:///" or something.

Which reminds me of a cool trick. Maybe everyone else already knows this. Set up a panel on the bottom of your screen in Gnome. Only put launchers in the panel. If you take something like gedit and add a launcher for it on the panel, you can simply drag file icons onto the launcher to have them open in gedit. Works for a whole bunch of different stuff.
 
Old 02-19-2005, 03:44 AM   #12
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Can't create any launchers on desktop either

Hi Guys,

i'm an 'advanced' newbie with a similar problem. I'm on Gnome with FC3 and i can not add any launchers to the desktop. When i create a new launcher for a app, nothing happens when i close the add launcher window. Sometimes when i reboot the launcher is there, sometimes not. I don't know what the pattern is there. Also, when i mount a drive (my vfat windows drive or my usb flashdrive) no icon appears on the desktop either, but the drive is accessible through the filebrouwser.

I checked for the .gnome2/vfolder/ dir, but i don't have it. Any suggestions .... thanks !!

Kind regards,

Patrick
 
  


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