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I created a eclipse.desktop and locked it to unity launcherd , when I double click on it on desktop, the eclipse was launched just like launching from unity launcher. But if I start it from command line by "path/to/eclipse", the unity launcher will create a new icon in the launcher bar.

How can I avoid this? Is there a command to open the desktop launcher just like double click on it?

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  • I found a way to update the unity icons by "unity --reset" and "unity --reset-icons", it needs reboot, I have not tried it.
    – sean
    Apr 22, 2013 at 3:27
  • Don't do unity --reset first that will not work in latest ubuntu and for older it will reset all your desktop configuration. And neither unity ---reset-icons will help in this case. Please include the content of the desktop file in the question.
    – Web-E
    Apr 22, 2013 at 6:18

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You can do the following to make the association between the launcher and its command stronger:

1.) Launch eclipse from the command line

2.) Execute xprop WM_CLASS from a terminal and note down one of the quoted strings

3.) Edit your launcher with the following line:

StartupWMClass=$WM_CLASS

where $WM_CLASS is one of the quoted strings.

For this to work please make sure your .desktop launcher is located somewhere, where it's recognized by the system, e.g. $HOME/.local/share/applications or /usr/share/applications.

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