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eihli

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Registered: 2021-07-01

Posts: 1

Where does xfce4-appfinder get info about its .desktop files?

When I run xfce4-appfinder and right-click on an entry and edit the launch command, it saves that edit and works, but I can't find a file that reflects that change. If I wanted to make the change outside of xfce4-appfinder, how would I do that?

For example, I have a Google Chrome entry in the appfinder. `sudo find / -iregex '.*google.*desktop` shows 2 results; one in `/usr/share/applications` and one in `/usr/share/xfce4/helpers`. Neither of those have an `Exec` key with a value that matches what I see in `xfce4-appfinder`.

CwF

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Registered: 2018-01-28

Posts: 305

Re: Where does xfce4-appfinder get info about its .desktop files?

~/.local/share/applications/    ???

ctac

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Registered: 2017-05-08

Posts: 57

Re: Where does xfce4-appfinder get info about its .desktop files?

I think you look for ~/.cache/xfce4/xfce4-appfinder/history