UN-organaised System Preferences / Administration drawers

[SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux]

On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 01:01 -0400, scott wrote:
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> scott wrote:
> > SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> >> On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 01:41 +0100, Mario Vukelic wrote:
> >>> On Thu, 2008-03-13 at 08:29 +0800, SYNass IT Ubuntu / Linux wrote:
> >>>> I dislike the UN-sorted entries in System | Administration or
> >>>> Preferences !! ;-((
> >>>>
> >>>> How can i get them sorted automagically ??? ;-)
> >>> What does "unsorted" mean, exactly, and how would you like it sorted?
> >>> Also, which language do you use? I use English on Ubuntu 8.04, and they
> >>> are sorted alphabetically, and always have been as far as I remember.
> >> Hi Mario
> >> Thanks for your feedback !
> >> You remember correct in general !! ;-)
> > 
> >> UN-sorted means:
> >> System | Administration is sorted alpha from Keyring Manager to Users
> >> and Groups !
> >> After this I am having 7 more entries again starting sorted alpha, 
> >> ie.e Home User Backup, Home User Restore, Partition Editor, Printing
> >> (2nd time), 
> >> Startupmanager, TurboPrint Setup and User Profile Editor !!
> >> I had expected proper alpha sorting from top to bottom and increasing
> >> from A-Z !?!
> > 
> >> I use English too and my Ubuntu is 7.10 and I am a newbie with Linux
> >> since 10/2008 ;-D
> > 
> >> BTW: 
> >> You dropped the PS in my post !!!
> >> Just moving Administration ahead of Preferences resulted in appearing of
> >> 2 more entries !!??
> >> This shows me really that something curious is going on !!
> >> Just: What is it ? ;-|
> > 
> >> Cheers, svobi
> > 
> > 
> > Just a hunch. Try this in a terminal: sudo updatedb
> > 
> > Just a hunch.
> Alternatively, try sudo update-menus.

Hi Scott, 
Thanks for your hints !

sudo updatedb took quite a while but NO success !
sudo update-menus says "copmmand NOT found !!

Cheers, svobi