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Sometimes, after installing an application (Codeweavers Crossover to be more specific on this case) it fails to show on the Dash until you logout and back on. That happens with Unity and GNOME Shell, remember that with GNOME Fallback it is automatically added as a menu.

Is there a command that allows one to force a refresh on the cached application launchers in the Unity Dash or the GNOME Shell desktop environments?

karel
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Bruno Pereira
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To restart the GNOME Shell (no logout):
Press ALT + F2 and type r or restart and press enter

To restart Unity (no logout):
Press ALT + F2 and type setsid unity or unity --replace

  • I don't know if anything changed in UNITY, but setsid unity just closes it, and unity --replace closes it and restarts it (both close your unsaved programs in the process). restart is not a known command. I also had to use the terminal as none of the commands did anything in alt+F2 – Mark Jeronimus May 06 '22 at 11:35