Hi Todd, Due to your response I went to the tutorial again and went through every step in preparation to seeing what all I needed to post. Upon re-re-re reading the directions I saw what the author was implying (different from what he was saying) and did that and... it worked :) Thanks, David <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Todd O'Bryan <<a href="mailto:toddobryan@gmail.com">toddobryan@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> Can you post the .desktop file you created, and we'll see if there's a problem. <div><div></div><div class="h5"> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 8:47 AM, David Groos <<a href="mailto:djgroos@gmail.com">djgroos@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hi, > > A program that's very important to the other teachers and my own classroom > use is CmapTools. It has it's own graphical install but doesn't add itself > to a menu. I've made a launcher (that shows up on my own desktop) and > CmapTools works great as a localapp (doesn't work well as a thin client > app). I've worked to get this launcher in all users menu using "How To Add > an Item To The GNOME Menu For All Users" which is clear and I can follow, > but even though I can accurately follow it, I can't get the menu item to > show up in the menu. > > Would someone in the know look at that tutorial and see if they see a flaw > in it--maybe it needs a tweak for 10.04? Maybe a tweak for LTSP? > > Since I couldn't get it to work, for myself I finally made a launcher, put > it in a shared folder, had students, 'drag and drop it' onto their desktop, > open properties/permissions, check 'executable' box and then they could use > it. But that takes valuable science learning time and there are practical > problems (students absent, etc) so I really need a simpler solution before > the other teachers use it. > > Thanks, > David > </div></div>> -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > <a href="mailto:edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">edubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users</a> > > </blockquote></div>