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user222758
Asked: 2010-12-30 05:29:04 +0800 CST

How can I get the original contents of applications.menu and settings.menu?

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I just want to know the exactly original content of these two files: ~/.config/menus/applications.menu and ~/.config/menus/settings.menu. Mine were changed after some alacarte testing and now I want to revert all the changes as in the original state.

Thank you. :)

10.10 menu alacarte

2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Those files do not exist until you modify them, as only the changes you make are written to the file, overriding the automatically generated defaults.

    If you want to reset to the default menu contents et al, just remove the files. To be on the safe side, move them some other place first:

    mv ~/.config/menus/applications.menu ~
mv ~/.config/menus/settings.menu ~

    You now have the backup files in your home directory. If for some reason you want to restore the files to their previous state, you can move them back like so:

    mv ~/applications.menu ~/.config/menus/
mv ~/settings.menu ~/.config/menus/
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  2. Alternatively and perhaps more simply:

    1. Right click the menu applet
    2. Click Edit Menus
    3. Click the Revert button in Alacarte (the menu editor that should have loaded).
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