Unity's launcher is one of the main access points for applications in Ubuntu. It provides quick access for launching applications and managing running applications.
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Netbeans on the Launcher
I have been using Netbeans for awhile and kept it on the launcher. One day Netbeans crashed and now I cannot find it. How can I get it back on the launcher? Where would it be in the filesystem?
It is ...
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How can I prevent web apps from appearing in the launcher (waste of launcher space)?
Every time I go to Amazon website, an extra launcher icon gets created in my launcher as long as I'm on the Amazon website. How can I prevent this icon from appearing in the launcher? It's a waste of ...
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How to move icons in the Unity Launcher permanently, i.e. it survives a reboot
There are plenty of answered questions regarding this subject but how on earth can icons be moved permanently so that after the next boot they are where they were left? Some icons to programs I use a ...
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How to set the launcher hide delay time?
The question is, how can I set the launcher auto-hide delay time to 0 ? What I want is for the launcher to instantly disappear when I move the mouse away from it. Please note this is nothing to do ...
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Can one create a desktop launcher/icon using a package downloaded from PIP
I want to create a python repository which will also have a command line utility (say proxymancli) and also a desktop GUI, (say proxyman), which will have a launcher on the desktop. Can I do it?
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How do I change the unity launcher icon back to the default?
I recently installed the edubuntu-artworkpack along with theedubuntu-wallpaperspackage. The Unity Launcher icon immediately switched to the Edubuntu logo. My question is, how do I switch this back ...
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How I can launch my browser and Nautilus using defaults Ubuntu 12.04 shortcut?
In keyboard shortcut settings I see a launcher section that have 'WWW' and 'Explorer' labels inside the key combination column of the shortcut definition. What keys I must press to launch my browser ...
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How to delete unity default launchers
As a part of the system init script, I want to delete default launchers after blank ubuntu desktop installation using bash script. If I delete launchers from the /usr/share/applications it works, but ...
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How to add right click format option to a disk icon in the launcher?
How can I add the format option when right clicking in the icon of a disk in the Launcher? Ubuntu 12.04 has this option. How can I make this in Ubuntu 12.10?
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How can I create a application launcher for a .sh file for jar file?
I have a program (name.jar file)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/yading/?source=recommended
that is started by running a double-click name.sh file
How can I create a application launcher for a .sh ...
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How to add drive/partition-icon to the launcher?
My dualboot-system (win7 / ubuntu 12.04) has a ntfs-formatted partition called "/share" for files I use both in win7 and ubuntu (e.g. pictures, music etc.).
I'd like to have a symbol of this drive in ...
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New Install - No Icons - V12.10 [duplicate]
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Unity doesn’t load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
After a successful install (dual boot with Windows XP Home), the login screen comes up and after logging in, all I get ...
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How to add dodge windows back into ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
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How do I configure the launcher to “dodge windows”?
How to add dodge windows back into ubuntu 12.10 though code or ppa.
NOTE ...
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Unity launcher: launch second app from results
How do I quickly (using keyboard) launch the second result of unity's launcher.
Example:
How do I launch Advanced Settings? The fastest way I found is to do Down Down Right and that is SLOW.
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How to resize Unity Launcher Icons? [duplicate]
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How do I resize the Unity launcher?
Ubuntu 12.04.
I want to resize the icons in the launcher. As shown in this picture there is a resize tab and a restore defaults ...
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How to avoid removed programs from appearing in launcher (Synapse)? [duplicate]
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Unity search, how to get rid of certain results?
Synapse is a program similar to Dash of Unity DE, and I use it in Lubuntu 12.10.
I also used to have multiple portable ...
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unity launcher & lens need long wake up time after boot
I am using 12.04 on a Dell Inspiron
Normally the unity lens and launcher are immediately operational once boot is complete. However suddenly they need some kind of 'wake up time' (upto 1 minute or ...
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Unity launcher shortcuts for KDE?
I really am on the KDE site of thinks, but i also love the shortcuts of the Unity launcher and the Windows7 Taskbar.
Is there a way to bring the META+number shortcut for switching and launching ...
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Launcher not showing among other things [duplicate]
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Unity doesn’t load, no Launcher, no Dash appears
I installed 12.10 on my HP Pavilion dm1. The Launcher does not appear. It is not hidden. I can't get into the hub ...
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How do I “stick” the “Terminal” window to Launcher a.k.a. Unity Panel? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to add programs to the launcher?
I am new to Linux and Ubuntu. By now I have discovered that I need to launch the Terminal window whenever I run programs.
Hence I ...
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Custom unity web app not appearing in the launcher
I created a unity webapp for a website. I followed the tutorial and executed in the test environment by copy pasting the javascript in the console on Firefox. But I don't know how to make it ...
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How to change unity launch application to wiggle?
Is there any easy way to use the wiggle animation (which is used to indicate urgent program) as the animation for launching application instead of the pulsing way?
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Launch bar problem
Pls see the attached image, seem to me that I press a key combination that put numbers in my launch bar and not allow it to hide. How can I restore my default launch bar behavior and remove those ...
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How are problems with the Unity Launcher debugged?
I easily added an Intellij IDEA launcher icon, and locked it (IDEA creates the .desktop file).
Using the .local/share/applications/jetbrains-idea.desktop as an example it was easy to add another ...
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The Unity launcher won't respond to mouse
The launcher sidebar has stopped working, although it pops out when I put the mouse on the left. It seems to be transparent. A click just affects whatever's running underneath and the bar pops back ...
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12.10 lost window maximize and minimize options, utility bar and launcher lost too
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my Dell Inspiron 7520. Everything is good except the hyperactive fans.The graphic cards are Intel and AMD Radeon 7730. I am trying to get away with the fan problem ...
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How do I determine an application's process name?
This is the situation:
Working on (the next version of) a Unity Quick List editor, I would like to add a reliable way of "restarting" launcher icons. To do so, I need to remove the icon (editing ...
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Is there a way to order applications in the launcher by frequency of use?
Is there a way to order buttons in launcher by frequency of use? Have around 40 items and small screen size to view all of them. Did a search on software center, search engines but nothing about it.
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Why do file systems unexplainably show up on the launcher bar? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to remove launcher drive icons?
And then when I left click it doesn't give me the option to unlock from launcher. This is disturbing. I did not choose to place these ...
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Unity elements sometimes appear while full screen in Virtualbox - how to stop it?
Launcher is great, and it helps me finds stuff. I have the latest release of 12.
But when I'm full screen in VirtualBox running another operating system and I hit some key combination I haven't yet ...
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How to customize Unity Launcher's background
In this question I do not want to customize the launcher for each workspace, or change the animations or behaviors of the icons. I only want to change how the background of the Launcher looks. Let me ...
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How to blacklist the icon of hard disk in Unity 2D?
My external hard disk always appears in the Unity tool bar.
Right click on the icon does not display any "Unlock from Launcher" option. Only "Eject" option.
So how is it possible to remove the ...
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broken `Launcher` after experimenting with `MyUnity` themes
I used MyUnity to try some themes such as clearlooks and industrial and then I switched back to default. Now my Launcher is broken. How can I repair this?
There are many invisible items in the ...
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Launcher does not reappear after auto-hide [duplicate]
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Can’t make Unity Launcher appear
I am having trouble getting launcher to appear after auto-hide. I have tried adjusting the sensitivity, and have even reset the launcher ...
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Launcher Icons Fuzzy
I have had blurry icons in my launcher ever since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10. I have included a print screen.
Does anyone know what I can do to resolve this?
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Unity launcher at the bottom [duplicate]
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Can I move the Unity launcher?
Is there a possibility to place the unity launcher at the bottom of the screen? It was possible with the 'Ubuntu Unity Plugin Rotated' ...
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Visiting launchpad.net in browser causes icon to appear in launcher, how do I remove it? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do I remove a website from Ubuntu’s web applications?
Using Ubuntu 12.10 with Unity.
I think I agreed to install a Launchpad add-on in Firefox the first time I ...
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How to stop updates nagging me in 11.10 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable Ubuntu Update Manager’s new version warning
I'm running on 11.10. My computer keeps on bugging me about 12.04, but I don't want it to. Please help as it is ...
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Installation troubleshooting
i have installed ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop to a folder named ubuntu in C drive. However the OS does not show up in the initial boot sequence. Do i need to change the file location/ convert it into a ...
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Lost the Hard Drive Icon from the Launcher
I unlocked the C Drive icon connected to the Launcher. Once I moved it onto the desktop, it disappeared.
In attempting to create an new icon, I was asked to create a mount point. The mount point ...
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Numbers on the launcher
Using 12.04 LTS - few days ago, I left my machine on while I went out. On my return, the launcher was showing (it is set to be hidden) and there were small numbers 1-9 on the icons and letters s on ...
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launcher problem after installing the nvidia driver
I am using ubuntu 12.10 and unity as my desktop. recently I installed the nvidia driver using the package nvidia-current-updates but after that, when I move my mouse to the left side of the screen the ...
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Can I have a .desktop Launcher for both Python2 and Python3 depending on version installed?
After very few issues only I moved my application from Python2 to Python3 making sure it will still run with Python 2.7, and hence has python >= 2.7 as dependency only.
This was mainly done because ...
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12.04 - Make Workspaces use the expose feature of compiz
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 and I just wanted to know if there's a possible way to use the "expose" feature found in CompizConfig Settings Manager as the "Workspaces" icon in the Unity Launcher? I know ...
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How do I configure Ubuntu's web applications?
Ubuntu 12.10 has introduced among other things web applications that add launcher widgets to show, for example, unread Gmail message counts, twitter tweets, etc. While sites that support those widgets ...
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Quickly access Auto-hide Option
When I use TeamViewer to access my laptop, I want the launcher to stay put (ie not autohide).
But when I am at home I want the launcher to autohide. Is it possible to map the auto-hide option to a ...
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Launcher does not appear
I am a complete newbie, running ubuntu 12.04 LTS on an old PowerPC. While I was installing the recommended updates this morning, I tried playing around with auto-hiding the Launcher. It didn't show ...
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Unity Launcher accordion effect does not work
How to activate Unity Launcher accordion effect?
Actually luncher has scrolling effect.
Thanks.
Answer to the question:
Log Out, In the "Log In" options select Ubuntu and not Ubuntu 2D (Ubuntu 2D ...
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After update 12.04 -> 12.10 all works fine, but launcher is missing permanently
Launcher is missing all the time. It is also missing in guest session. In the compiz config setting manager it is set to always show.
What I tried:
reinstalled nvidia drivers
cleared all compiz and ...
