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====== XFCE Applications Menu ======

How to manipulate the XFCE Applications Menu.



====== Add an app to the XFCE menu ======

**To add an installed app to the [system wide] XFCE APPLICATIONS MENU, as root:**

1) Create the .desktop file:
<code>vi /usr/share/applications/APPNAME.desktop</code>
2) ADD: \\ 
<file sh /usr/share/applications/APPNAME.desktop>
[Desktop Entry]
Name=APP NAME
Comment=A COMMENT
Exec=/PATH/TO/APP/BIN
Icon=/PATH/TO/ICON/IMAGE.xpm
Terminal=TRUE/FALSE
Type=Application
Categories=CATEGORY(S)</file>

EXAMPLE: dosemu \\
<file sh /usr/share/applications/dosemu.desktop>
[Desktop Entry]
Name=DOS emulator
Name[lt]=DOS emuliatorius
Comment=DOS emulator "dosemu"
Comment[lt]=DOS emuliatorius "dosemu"
Exec=/usr/bin/dosemu
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/dosemu.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=System;Emulator;</file>



**To add an installed app to a user's XFCE APPLICATIONS MENU, as that user:** \\ 

1) Create the .desktop file:
<code>vi ~/.local/share/applications/APPNAME.desktop</code>
2) ADD: \\ 
<file sh ~/.local/share/applications/APPNAME.desktop>
[Desktop Entry]
Name=APP NAME
Comment=A COMMENT
Exec=/PATH/TO/APP/BIN
Icon=/PATH/TO/ICON/IMAGE.xpm
Terminal=TRUE/FALSE
Type=Application
Categories=CATEGORY(S)</file>


====== Sources ======
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   * Originally written by [[wiki:user:arfon | arfon]]
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