How do I restore a hidden application from Xfce's app launcher menu?

Chris Roy-Smith chris_roysmith at internode.on.net
Wed Aug 10 00:30:16 UTC 2022


On 10/8/22 09:35, Phil wrote:
> Thank you for reading this.
> 
> I ran into this problem some time ago and eventually found a menu editor 
> than I thought is named main_menu that solved the problem, however I 
> cannot find it so it could be named something else. The menu editor that 
> I'm looking for has check boxes for each application and so it was a 
> simple tick or untick the box job.
> 
> During my hours of searching, and reconnecting, I did find a suggestion 
> that a file containing "hidden=true" needs to be edited. The file 
> doesn't seem to exist in Xubuntu 22.04. I expect that there is such a 
> file but of a different name.
> 
> My current Internet connection is very slow and so searching for help is 
> extremely frustrating, I'll consider myself fortunate if I can post this 
> e-mail. I did post a request for help on the Xubuntu list but haven't 
> received a reply.
> 
Hi Phil,
have you tried looking for your program using whiskers? press ctrl-esc, 
and type "menu", or "edit", the window should show what you are looking 
for along with some other programs.

regards,
Chris




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