Xfce4 programs not shown in menu!?

ying · 2011-01-24 09:47:18

I installed xfce4 on 2 pcs. On both no xfce4 programs are shown in the menu of the taskbar. Internet,Office,... programs are alls shown, but the others like xfce4-settings-manager,... not.
Does somebody know, how I can fix this?

cphase · 2011-01-25 18:00:41

Having the same issue, Settings is missing from the right click menu therefore I have no Settings Manager sub menu. I have tried clearing ~/.cache/xfce4 folder, stopping and restarting xfce4-sessions-helper but to no avail. I have searched Arch forums and xfce forums but have not found a solution unless I overlooked something Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Last edited by cphase (2011-01-25 18:01:42)

anthonyclark · 2011-01-25 20:04:11

Maybe your menu isn't pointing to the correct menu file...

Assuming you are on xfce 4.8, right click the menu applet, and in the properties change the menu file to the one located at :

 /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu

by default, I think, the menu file located at ~/.config/xfce4/menus/ override the ones in /etc/xdg/menus....

Hope that helps

cphase · 2011-01-25 20:27:25

Thanks anthonyclark for the reply!

It was pointing to the right file but I did change it to use custom menu file and pointed it to the same file and it has the settings menu now. Still do not have it when u right click the desktop and bring up the menu. I am trying to get the windows key to bring up the menu again. It quite working when I updated to 4.8. The entry is still there it just does not work.

ying · 2011-01-26 14:49:18

Thx that worked!

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#1 2011-01-24 09:47:18

Xfce4 programs not shown in menu!?

#2 2011-01-25 18:00:41

Re: Xfce4 programs not shown in menu!?

#3 2011-01-25 20:04:11

Re: Xfce4 programs not shown in menu!?

#4 2011-01-25 20:27:25

Re: Xfce4 programs not shown in menu!?

#5 2011-01-26 14:49:18

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