[xubuntu-users] Xfce Main Menu Editor has stopped working

[chris]

On 11/05/14 13:17, Rob Ward wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have been moving from /XP/ to /XUbuntu/ 14.04 (over the last 3 weeks 
> and so newbie status) and very pleased with my progress so far.  Most 
> of my major IT tasks have been transferred over, and much of my 
> data/projects etc are accessible.
>
> Unfortunately I have a problem now where my /Settings Manager/, that 
> provides /Main Menu/ and /Menu Editor/ has suddenly stopped working.  
> The /Applications Menu/ in the /Panel/ are still functioning fine, and 
> reflecting the structure at the time of the last successful menu edit.
>
> Now when I click on /Main Menu/ I se a flash of the outline of the GUI 
> frame and then nothing, and if I click on the /Menu Editor/ I get 
> nothing at all.
> I have been very busy on this project and used both programs 
> extensively, and found them (along with /Panel/) to be great to use, 
> and have allowed me to get my menus better organised than I was used 
> to with XP.
>
> I believe the underlying program is called /alacarte/ (?) and I have 
> tried reinstalling this with /Synaptic/ but to no avail.
>
> Can anyone give me some advice on how I might either debug this 
> situation further or fix it?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> -- 
>
> *Rob Ward*
> Lake Tyers Beach, 3909
> Lake Tyers Beach Website <http://www.laketyersbeach.net.au>
>
>
>
Remove Alacarte, and go to the panel,right click add items and choose 
whisker menu.
Much easier to use and configure.
IMHO alcarte is a pita


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