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The Launcher is one of the main access points for applications in Unity interface. It provides quick access for launching applications and managing running applications. If your question is about creating or managing application launchers in Ubuntu, use the [.desktop] tag instead. For the Dock in Ubuntu 17.10 and later releases with GNOME 3, use [ubuntu-dock] tag.

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GTAV launcher error

Whenever I try to launch GTA V, it open the rockstar launcher however it says I have some running already, i wiped the computer and tried again and it gave me the same error. I have tried, ...
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Gedit problems while launching in Ubuntu 18.04

I have been using Gedit since the 14 years without any problem. But recently, it does not launch and when I ran it from the terminal I got this error message- gedit (gedit:2381): GLib-GIO-ERROR **: ...
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Launcher for Firefox starts default profile instead of the specified profile

I have created a new profile for Firefox and created the .desktop launcher for this new profile as per this article: How can I use two Firefox profiles? The launcher works as intended when I left ...
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How to add a script to launch bar?

From multiple topics on this forum I distilled the following approach: copy an existing .desktop file from /usr/share/applications to ~/.local/share/applications manipulate the file to your needs ...
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Why is my launcher not working for this script? ubuntu 20.04

I have a spript "poweriso.sh" that works fine double clicking in the directory. export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. export QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH=. ./poweriso unset LD_LIBRARY_PATH That is ...
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How can I set a custom icon for firefox running through firejail? (not only for the launcher but also for the running app itself)

My specs: Ubuntu 20.04.3 with Gnome Shell on Wayland. Notebook Acer Aspire 5 with AMD Ryzen 7 5700U. For my work, I want to run Firefox through the sandboxing utility firejail. I created a custom *....
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app won't load, says another copy already running

When I try to open Audacity, I get the message that "The system has detected that another copy of Audacity is running. Running two copies of Audacity simultaneously may cause data loss or cause ...
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Desktop Won't Refresh, Files on The Desktop Don't Open Correctly

I've had the following issues since installing 20.04. If I download (via browser) files to the desktop or any folder on the desktop, about half of the time they never appear. Either on the desktop or ...
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Can't find sound app after installation (20.04)

I made a clean upgrade from 18.04 to 20.04, then installed sound app (sonido really, spanish version). Everything works fine except that the sound app is not in the available apps (launcher?) you get ...
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Adding libraries to a new Linux computer for any application written in Qt 5.15

Screenshot of my application I wrote an application (launcher creator like Linux Mint's) in Qt 5.15.2 version. I completed developing and everything was ok. Then, I wanted to check it if working at ...
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How to create a "shutdown" unity launcher in Ubuntu 20.04

How can I shutdown my laptop in one mouse click (or maybe two mouse clicks) from the unity launcher? I've found a number of posts which describe how to create a unity launcher so you can shutdown your ...
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How do I get my icon for grub customizer back?

I have the icon for 'grub customizer'. It is a .png and it is located in file:///var/lib/app-info/icons/ubuntu-focal-universe/64x64/grub-customizer_grub-customizer.png. However in my app launcher it ...
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how to place link to URL / Webpage on the launcher? [duplicate]

Has anyone pinned a URL to the Launcher (Ubuntu 20.04)? Nothing I've tried works. Please show how you have done this with a working example. (a link to AskUbuntu.com?) There are a great many posts on ...
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Bring Back Old App Launcher

I have updated from Ubuntu 21.04 to 21.10 and I don't like the new App Launcher. I want to bring back the launcher that darkened my background and put the virtual desktops on the sides instead of on ...
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Steam launches using terminal, but not with launcher icon Ubuntu 21.10 / Nvidia Drivers-495

I've come across something interesting with the Steam Launcher. The sytem: System is a ThinkPad P50 with an Nvidia Quadro M1000M. It's is Ubuntu 21.10 - fresh install. Nvidia Drivers 495. Steam ...
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GNOME GUI: Show Applications Button - Customizable Alternative?

On the dock in Ubuntu, there is a button that says says "show applications" when you hover over it. I noticed that there is a similar version of that on Macos, and it's called "...
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GNOME 3 show path to a desktop file seen in launcher?

I'm using a pretty clean install of Ubuntu 20.04 at the moment, finally though to ask this here since it's been bugging me. Is there a way to find out where a launcher entry's .desktop file is at? In ...
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Add an app to the launcher

I'm using ImageJ, which is distributed as a folder with Java files. I would like to add it to the app launcher. Unfortunately instructions from: https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-create-desktop-shortcut-...
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Shortcuts do not appear in dock on login

When I first login to GNOME there are no shortcuts in the dock. If I click on activities and search for an application at this time I can start it. After about 30 seconds they will appear. Running 21....
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Why is uLauncher's file-search extension so slow?

Since a few years I am a bit annoyed by the fact that ulauncher's extension for file and directory search is so slow. Even when setting home as Base dir and searching for a file just below home it ...
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Open a specific directory using Ulauncher

I use Ulauncher in order to open apps from my keyboard. I have set correctly the Ulauncher for IntelliJ & AndroidStudio as you can see in the picture below. The point is that I would like to add a ...
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Launcher icon not found anymore

The launcher icon for clementine cannot be found anymore. The launcher displays a default cog icon. Clementine has been installed as a snap. I've found the .desktop file is /var/lib/snapd/desktop/...
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How to create desktop-launcher for .exe application which should be launched using wine inside its directory?

I have an MS Windows application which needs new version of Wine. I have installed it locally to home-folder using PlayOnLinux. I'm stuck with creating simple bash/dash/sh script to launch .exe ...
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Application Launcher on Win-Key = Meta-Key 2021

Back in 2013 the answer was ksuperkey for Plasma < 5.8 How do I open the Application Launcher on KDE with just the meta ("Windows") key? In 2018 there was something done to make it work ...
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Run desktop app in the background

I have coded a small desktop utility for Ubuntu and I would like to run it in the "background". For "background" I mean the app icon will appear in the top menu bar only and not ...
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One terminal app; two (Favorites) launch modes

Running Ubuntu 20.04, I wish to have two clickable launch modes for gnome-terminal in the Favorites bar [i.e. in the "Dock"]. For example, I want both the default launch and a bespoke launch....
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Why I can't change position of this application icon in the launcher? I can't move from last icon position

I have installed STS (Spring Tool Suite) IDE on Ubuntu 20.04 and I am finding the following problem with the icon in the launcher. The problem is that executing this application, it correctly start ...
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How to add a folder with .desktop files?

I know that if you want to add a .desktop entry it must be added in /usr/share/applications, however, what I want is to add an extra folder where it can host .desktop files. If I run update-desktop-...
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Failed to register AppImage in system via libappimage - how to fix?

I have just installed AppImageLauncher on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS with MATE using this official deb-package. Then I set it up using AppImageLauncherSettings - set Location where to store your AppImage ...
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Create launcher for application not in /usr/share/applications in Ubuntu 20.04

I downloaded the program Zotero for Linux and it doesn't need installing, only extracting. However, the only way to start the program is by running it from a terminal. I would really like to have a ...
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GNOME hotkey for both workspaces and launcher?

In Ubuntu 20.10, the super key would open the "show all windows" workspace view, and also allow me to type an application name to launch (ie. "launcher" functionality). Now in 21....
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is there a way to install just the pop launcher in ubuntu?

pop launcher is minimal. quickly searches for my file(tracker sucks).
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How to make .desktop file to open with its own icon in sidebar

I have created a .desktkop file to open GitHub using brave browser #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Name=GitHub GenericName=GitHub Comment=Github desktop app Exec=/opt/brave.com/brave/brave-...
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"Show Applications" dock does not populate

I just did a clean install of 21.04. The "Show Applications" button at bottom left does not populate with installed programs, not even the default utilities. The only programs shown are ...
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Application appears in the menu without icon and in duplicate

I have a problem with my deskop file, I suppose, for urxvt (rxvt-unicode). When I open urxvt (from the menu with the favorite icon or for the "seach bar"), a new icon appears in the menu bar ...
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Icons disappeared from launcher?

I was moving my mouse but my slippery hand did something that made the icons disappear. What do I do? Edit: I fixed it, suspend your PC and turn it on again. But I have a new question, how did I make ...
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Ubuntu 21.04 custom firefox.desktop creates new icon rather than run indicator by custom icon

We share a desktop so I have a Firefox application launcher for each of us to load our individual profiles; here's mine: [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=s3rvant-Firefox Comment=Browse the World Wide ...
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About Application launcher basket bug

After installing the brand new Ubuntu 20.4 LTS on my old laptop to give it a new life, this problem occurred when I created a basket/ folder in the Ubuntu application launcher, when we drag a ...
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Ubuntu 21.04/GNOME/Mutter -- no right click menu for launcher/icon options?

If there's one thing that keeps on bugging me with GNOME on Ubuntu Desktop (21.04 at the moment, this was already in a few previous versions as well) is the lack of getting properties of an icon (and ...
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Can't launch Ubuntu software from toolbar

I' can't launch Ubuntu software from toolbar. No matter how many times I click on it, it won't work. The other icons on the toolbar seems to work fine. I'm a newbie in the Linux world.I'm using Ubuntu ...
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[Desktop: command not found error when trying to run .desktop file in terminal

I am trying to create a launcher for a python code that I am working on. Here is the code: [Desktop Entry] Name=START_TRIALS Exec=/home/arielm123/Desktop/mira/start_terminal_and_run.sh Terminal=true ...
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Plank dock stops showing up after screen resize Ubuntu 20.04

I'm having an issue with the Plank dock (launcher) on Ubuntu 20.04. I have a configuration with the "Autohide" feature "on". Once I do any configuration change to the desktop (i.e. ...
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Failure to remove Libreoffice 7 on Ubuntu 20 after update of Libreoffice

Ubuntu updater has updated the whole libreoffice suite. I also installed Java 16 on Ubuntu 20.04 and set it as JRE in Libreoffice. Now, Libreoffice does not start at all and if I try to remove it I ...
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Google Chrome - Open each profile's desktop file as a separate icon on launcher

I've two Google Chrome profiles, one is a personal profile and the other is a work profile. Until now, I was switching between profiles from the top right corner of the google chrome menu. So whenever ...
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Active Application not shown in Chrome only

I'm using 20.04.2 LTS ubuntu dektop. When I use a program, say, Firefox, there is a dot by the launcher icon showing there is an active application for that program. I can click on the active icon ...
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How to add an application/script to ubuntu 21.04 launch bar?

Let's add some fresh knowledge to the forum now Ubuntu 21.04 is out =). My question today is simple; what is the most elegant way to create launch bar shortcuts (e.g. to folders, applications or ...
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How to make a starter "launchable" via a command line on Ubuntu 20.04.x and Gnome?

I'll try to describe below exactly what I'm looking to do below: On Ubuntu 20.04.x with the new version of Gnome, when you create a launcher on the desktop (via a script for example), you have to make ...
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Matlab with 2 icons on the dock in linux Ubuntu 20.04

I installed MATLAB R2021A and I found that when creating the matlab.desktop it generated problems, and it was that two icons appeared in the dock, I put MATLAB in favorites but when I opened it, it ...
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Dock icon differs from desktop file icon

I created a .desktop file per coding environment I have set in VSCode (PHP, Node, C, ...) and I changed the icon in order to have a visual clue of with windows are opened in the dock, but if the icon ...
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Duplicate Application Item in "show applications" ubuntu 20.04

I have a duplicate Item for Android Studio in the "show applications" menu, with only one of them actually working. Why did that happen, and how can I remove the icon that is not working?
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