Menu item missing in Lubuntu

**whatthefunk** · October 6th, 2011

Originally Posted by amjjawad

I think it should be here:

/usr/share/applications/wine.desktop

Yes, there is one there, but there is also probably a local one that may be overriding the global settings set in the applications one.

**amjjawad** · October 6th, 2011

Originally Posted by whatthefunk

Yes, there is one there, but there is also probably a local one that may be overriding the global settings set in the applications one.

For me, that was the only one but hope the OP will find anything else that could causing this weird issue.

**peyre** · October 7th, 2011

I see it in the following locations:

/home/leon/.local/share/applications/wine.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/q4wine.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/wine.desktop
/usr/share/applications/wine.desktop

**amjjawad** · October 7th, 2011

Originally Posted by peyre

I see it in the following locations:

/home/leon/.local/share/applications/wine.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/q4wine.desktop
/usr/share/app-install/desktop/wine.desktop
/usr/share/applications/wine.desktop

Then try to manually remove these files and install wine again or remove all except the last one:

Code:

 /usr/share/applications/wine.desktop

You don't have to re-install IMHO in case you'll remove all but this one.

**amjjawad** · October 7th, 2011

The content of : /usr/share/applications/wine.deskto

Code:

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Wine Windows Program Loader
Name[cs]=Zavaděč programů pro Wine
Name[de]=Wine Windows-Programmstarter
Name[es]=Wine Cargador de programas de Windows
Name[lt]=Wine Windows programų paleidyklė
Name[nl]=Wine Windows programmalader
Name[sv]=Wine Windows Programstartare
Name[ro]=Wine - Încărcătorul de programe Windows
Name[ru]=Wine - загрузчик Windows программ
Name[uk]=Wine - завантажувач Windows програм
Name[fr]=Wine - Chargeur de programmes Windows
Name[ca]=Wine - Carregador d'aplicacions del Windows
Name[pt]=Carregador de aplicativos Windows Wine
Name[pt_br]=Carregador de aplicativos Windows Wine
Name[it]=Wine Carica Programmi Windows
Name[da]=Wine, Programstarter til Windows-programmer
Name[nb]=Wine - for kjøring av Windows-programmer
Name[nn]=Wine - for køyring av Windows-program
Name[sr]=Wine - дизач Windows програма
Name[sr@latin]=Wine - dizač Windows programa
Name[hr]=Wine - dizač Windows programa
Name[he]=Wine — מריץ תכניות Windows
Exec=wine start /unix %f
MimeType=application/x-ms-dos-executable;application/x-msi;application/x-win-lnk;application/x-ms-shortcut;
Icon=wine
NoDisplay=false
StartupNotify=true
Categories=Settings;DesktopSettings

**whatthefunk** · October 7th, 2011

Do they all look the same? Try deleting all but the one in /usr/share/applications.

**peyre** · October 9th, 2011

Good idea! I deleted all those files, then did a Complete Removal in Synaptic, then reinstalled...but the Wine menu didn't come back. Looks like we're back to waiting for Thursday. And that's ok; a reinstall from scratch might do this old machine some good anyway.

**amjjawad** · October 10th, 2011

Originally Posted by peyre

Good idea! I deleted all those files, then did a Complete Removal in Synaptic, then reinstalled...but the Wine menu didn't come back. Looks like we're back to waiting for Thursday. And that's ok; a reinstall from scratch might do this old machine some good anyway.

I'm out of ideas and have nothing to add except let's wait for the coming release

**zer010** · May 13th, 2012

This might be an "old" thread, but this issue is still alive and kickin. It seemed to be resolved with a trick in 11.10, but that's no longer available in 12.04.
In 11.10, I could change the DE login option to LXDE vs Lubuntu, but as stated, that's no longer an option. Any suggestions on this matter seeing that this thread seems to have gone by the wayside?

**zer010** · May 13th, 2012

I seem to have fixed my issue. I found the .desktop files in /usr/share/applications. Then I just copied those to ~/.local/share/applications, logged out and when I logged in, the menu items were there. Hope this helps others.