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    Question Unity desktop hide installed program

    I am running a program that I would like to hide. It is installed under WINE and shows up in my "installed programs" section of dash home aka main menu. How do I hide this program? I would not like it on any menu.

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    Re: Unity desktop hide installed program

    If it's showing in the Dash then there is a .desktop file (launcher) for that program.
    Where it is you'd have to find, may just be on the Desktop

    If you open the .desktop in a text editor (open a gedit window & drop the .desktop (launcher) in to
    Then add this line -
    Code:
    NoDisplay=true

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    Re: Unity desktop hide installed program

    Try Main Menu program .... its already installed by default

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    Re: Unity desktop hide installed program

    Quote Originally Posted by mc4man View Post
    If it's showing in the Dash then there is a .desktop file (launcher) for that program.
    Where it is you'd have to find, may just be on the Desktop

    If you open the .desktop in a text editor (open a gedit window & drop the .desktop (launcher) in to
    Then add this line -
    Code:
    NoDisplay=true
    No luck. It installed under wine so it is in C:\program (x86) etc etc. I looked but that file does not exist.

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    Re: Unity desktop hide installed program

    Quote Originally Posted by prismctg View Post
    Try Main Menu program .... its already installed by default
    BY that you mean alacarte? I tried but it does not show up as it is installed via wine.

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    Re: Unity desktop hide installed program

    Quote Originally Posted by mc4man View Post
    If it's showing in the Dash then there is a .desktop file (launcher) for that program.
    Where it is you'd have to find, may just be on the Desktop

    If you open the .desktop in a text editor (open a gedit window & drop the .desktop (launcher) in to
    Then add this line -
    Code:
    NoDisplay=true

    I lied! You were dead on. It was just under ~.local/shared/applications


    Thank you very much!

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