Thought I’d get a head-start on:
…by manually removing its broken .desktop files via kmenuedit:
However, Application Launcher continues to display them:
i would compare the contents of
~/.local/share/kio/servicemenus/
/usr/share/kio/servicemenus/
you may find that they have been copied to your home folder and then hidden by the application launcher.
i noticed this when editing things in the menu editor without checking the show hidden box in config.
it puts them into lost and found or hidden categories instead of actually deleting them
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@skyfishgoo, no luck:
RokeJulianLockhart@Beedell:/usr/share/kio/servicemenus$ tree
.
├── installfont.desktop
├── kgpg_encryptfile.desktop
├── kgpg_encryptfolder.desktop
├── kgpg_viewdecrypted.desktop
├── kleopatra_decryptverifyfiles.desktop
├── kleopatra_signencryptfiles.desktop
├── kleopatra_signencryptfolders.desktop
└── konsolerun.desktop
1 directory, 8 files
RokeJulianLockhart@Beedell:/usr/share/kio/servicemenus$ file $HOME/.local/share/kio/servicemenus/
/home/RokeJulianLockhart/.local/share/kio/servicemenus/: cannot open `/home/RokeJulianLockhart/.local/share/kio/servicemenus/' (No such file or directory)
Thanks, though.
sry i meant
~/.local/share/applications/
/usr/share/applications/
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@skyfishgoo, thanks! tree $HOME/.local/share/applications | grep -E 'unreal|epic' did indeed return them!
├── com.epicgames.UnrealEngine.desktop
├── com.epicgames.UnrealEngineEditor.desktop
├── com.epicgames.UnrealVersionSelector.desktop
That they’re not deleted seems like a bug to me, since I don’t see any keys in the files that indicate that they should be hidden.
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from the menu editor you can move them to one of the unhidden categories and they will re-appear in the app menu.
i don’t know if this is controlled by anything in the .desktop file (tho there is a hidden key value pair) , i think it’s just a menu editor thing.
@skyfishgoo, I hit “Delete” in kemenuedit’s GUI.
that doesn’t “delete” them tho, it just hides them from the app menu.
the destkop files are still going to be in the folders mentioned, and what happens if you save ANY change to an entry in the menu editor (including deleting it) then it’s just copied from /usr to /home.
try it, just change one letter of the description and save it… the desktop now pops up in your /home folder because it’s yours now, you own it.
the original is still there just hidden from you by the app menu.
i believe this is by design.