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Paul Woitaschek
Asked: 2012-07-16 08:00:12 +0800 CST

Xfce - Docky & Thunar - Missing icon

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Im using xfce in combination with docky. But when I start Thunar via the Filemanager-icon it opens (ofc) Thunar, but it has a wrong icon (on the very right) How to fix that? Normally, the file manager icon should just be highlighted after starting a new program (like with Firefox.)

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12.04

3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Found a solution. Was just a missing file. Do a

    sudo cp /usr/share/applications/Thunar.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

    and the Problem should be resolved.

    But one problem remains: Thunar remains twice in the docky-panel.

    sudo cp /usr/share/applications/xfce4-terminal.desktop ~/.local/share/applications

    For the terminal.

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  2. I used wegsehen's idea and copied all the desktop files to the .local. Then I removed all docky icons and added them from the .local and that fixed the double icon problem for me.

    I copied all .desktop files to the ~/.local/share/applications

    sudo cp /usr/share/applications/* ~/.local/share/applications

    Then I removed for example the Thunar shortcut from docky and added it again, but now from ~/.local/share/applications (dragging it over worked) You can do that to any other icon you want in docky

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  3. ln -s /usr/share/applications ~/.local/share/applications

    I made link for all applications.

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