New Install vs. upgrade menu problems

[sktsee]

On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 14:10 -0500, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: 
> sktsee <sktsee at tulsaconnect.com>  said:
> > Local .directory files are stored in
> > ~/.local/share/desktop-directories. Remove any .directory files
> > located there. 
> 
> Hmmm, my /home/cybe/.local/share/desktop-directories has one directory,
> menu-xdg.  That directory has no dot files although it does contain
> entries which are revealed to be desktop configuration files.  I left
> them alone.
> 
> >Next, remove any local .desktop files in
> > ~/.local/share/applications. 
> 
> Again, no dot files.  No action.

.desktop files as in files with a .desktop file extension, not hidden
files beginning with .desktop. Should have used  a "*" glob. Sorry for
the confusion. 
> 
> > Lastly, remove the local
> > applications.menu file and any alacarte menu files from
> > ~/.config/menus. You may should also remove any files in
> > ~/.config/menus/applications-merged if there are any.
> 
> Before doing so I first renamed the
> directory, /home/cybe/.local/share/applications to .../.applications
> and all extraneous menu entries went away.  I did, however, follow your
> advice about removing the above-referenced files.
> > 
> > That should purge all user based menu entries. If it doesn't, there's
> > always alacarte.
> 
> Alacarte has always failed when trying to remove old wine menu items.
> I don't know why.  
> Anyway, my problem is now solved, thank you, sktsee!

Cool. Glad you got it sorted. :)

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sktsee