[Solved] Lost MIME types when customizing Applications Menu

Spect73 · 2013-10-31 15:29:45

Hello,
I followed the instructions in the Wiki for how to customize menus. I created ~/.local/share/applications and copied over all the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications. Then I added the NoDisplay=true to a few .desktop files I didn't want displayed. After I exited xfce4 and restarted it, the items were indeed hidden, but all MIME type data apparently was reset to the defaults. Is this normal behavior or did I miss something, or am I not understanding what the Wiki is telling me?

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secipolla · 2013-11-01 13:40:59

This should help: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/De … plications
You may want to look at http://standards.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/ and http://standards.freedesktop.org/deskto … #id2926453 for more info on the subject.
Also, although I don't know if it would make any difference, you could run (not as root) update-desktop-database.

Spect73 · 2013-11-02 02:09:54

Thanks. I will read this material and see what I can come up with.

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Spect73 · 2013-11-04 13:08:58

Well I never could get Xfce to allow not displaying an item in the Applications menu without reverting back to the default MIME type associations. I can live with it. Just had to hide what I didn't want cluttering up my menu then go through and reset the MIME associations. Thanks for the replies. This gave me an opportunity to learn alot about Xfce.

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