Which app generates the Linux Mint menu items and monitors additions and edits to the desktop files?
I would like to recreate the menus from scratch. Any info is much appreciated.
Are you using Cinnamon DE?
If so there are two ways you can do that.
- Right click the menu icon and select Configure>Menu tab>Then Menu Editor about halfway down the page that comes up. You can edit any menu Item there.
- You can manually edit each .desktop file in /usr/share/applications (Note you have to have root privileges to do that.) And again believe you would have to do it one app at a time.
I’m curious what is it you wish to change about the menu?
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Sorry for the late reply. I expected an email notice. I am using Cinnamon 21.00 DE now, but I posted from 20.3 DE. The issues are similar but there are noticeable improvements in numerous areas in the new version. It helps that it’s a fresh install and not an upgrade.
I am an expert at messing up local desktop files, and I have many Timeshift backups. I don’t want to restore the damaged (by me) files. I am learning how apps create and manage their .desktop files at installation.
This got me thinking - how is it possible to trigger a complete local .desktop file re-generation from the installed apps of the /usr/share/applications .desktop files. There is a cron job which makes occasional rebuilds and modifications, but don’t know which is it yet.