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Asked: 2011-10-31 07:58:00 +0800 CST

How to change default launchers in the unity dashboard?

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how can I change the default applications showed when I open unity. At the moment it's Chromium, OpenShot, Thunderbird and Banshee. I'd like to replace the Banshee starter with a customized icon and command. I'm using Ubuntu 11.10

Thank you!

11.10

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    For a customized command & icon you'd need to create a custom .desktop & preferably place in a typical applications dir. like ~/.local/share/applications ; /usr/local/share/applications ; /usr/share/applications, (i'd use the 1st one

    The Exec= line for your command, the Icon= line for the icon

    You could try including in the .desktop a line like this, may help your .desktop show up in System Settings > System Info > Default applicatons > Music 

    MimeType=audio/x-vorbis+ogg;

    If it doesn't, no matter. Open ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list & in the [Default Applications] section create or edit this line, using the name of your custom.desktop

    audio/x-vorbis+ogg=customname.deskktop
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  2. I found the solution. Open the terminal and install gnome panel:

    sudo apt-get install gnome-panel

    Then you can run the item editor:

    sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit /usr/share/applications/banshee.desktop

    Banshee Properties

    I can't check if this is exactly the right command because I've lost my password but it should work.

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