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Unity/Gnome does not appear to pickup changes to .desktop files automatically (in particular the "Name" and "Icon" fields).

I have found update-desktop-database, but that seems to update the MIME database only (and does not look into ~/.local/share/applications (according to strace)).

After logging out and in again, the changes get recognized, but I would like to use a more convenient method of course.

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  • Hey did you ever find a solution for this? :)
    – Noitidart
    Mar 2, 2015 at 21:36
  • @Noitidart no, not as far as I remember.
    – blueyed
    Mar 11, 2015 at 16:01
  • possible duplicate of How to refresh launcher icon application menu in ubuntu 12.04?
    – Jacob Vlijm
    Mar 11, 2015 at 16:06
  • Assuming you are referring to the (Unity) launcher, the link above "restarts" the icon in the Launcher and updates all properties / changes you mad in the .desktop file. Let me know if anything is unclear.
    – Jacob Vlijm
    Mar 11, 2015 at 17:38

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