How can I get a change to a .desktop file get recognized by Unity/Gnome?

Asked Oct 08 '13 at 23:41

Active Mar 12 '15 at 20:40

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Unity/Gnome does not appear to pickup changes to .desktop files automatically (in particular the "Name" and "Icon" fields).

I have found update-desktop-database, but that seems to update the MIME database only (and does not look into ~/.local/share/applications (according to strace)).

After logging out and in again, the changes get recognized, but I would like to use a more convenient method of course.

edited Mar 11 '15 at 16:00

asked Oct 08 '13 at 23:41

blueyed

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Hey did you ever find a solution for this? :) – Noitidart Mar 02 '15 at 21:36
@Noitidart no, not as far as I remember. – blueyed Mar 11 '15 at 16:01
possible duplicate of How to refresh launcher icon application menu in ubuntu 12.04? – Jacob Vlijm Mar 11 '15 at 16:06
Assuming you are referring to the (Unity) launcher, the link above "restarts" the icon in the Launcher and updates all properties / changes you mad in the .desktop file. Let me know if anything is unclear. – Jacob Vlijm Mar 11 '15 at 17:38

How can I get a change to a .desktop file get recognized by Unity/Gnome?

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