Trying to recover a bunch of .desktop
files from Ubuntu 14.04 copied to 16.04, but they don't appear in the Launcher.
Did the following (/14.04
is mounted to the old Ubuntu disk / FS)
cd ~/.local/share/applications
cp -pr /14.04/home/ring0/.local/share/applications/[bunch-of].desktop .
but they do no appear after logging back to 16.04. (same user / uid on both versions)
Had a look at /usr/share/applications
, but the files are in the .local
dir.
Looking at the structure of the .desktop
files on both versions, they look similar.
Anything else to check / setup?
Thanks
~/.local/shared/applications/
? Also, are you using Unity desktop ? Or something else ?.desktop
files into folder they won't appear on the launcher. Drag them, they will appear on the launcher. Also consider using one of the methods in my other answer that i linked in point 3 of my answer