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William Case | 24 Nov 21:05

Where are gnome menu configuration files ??

Hi;

I am about to replace Fedora 11 with Fedora 12.

I have re-configured my gnome panel menu (Applications Places System) so
that various applications' launchers appear under sub-menus different
from the default.  The last couple of times that I have done a Fedora
new version install I have lost my menu reconfiguration.  And yes,  I am
fully backed up. But I can never seem to find all of the files necessary
to show my own menu re-configuration.  Instead I always get the new
default menu installed and have to once again manually reconfigure. 

What files should I be sure to backup and/or what files do I have to
restore to get MY menu configuration back? 

Just a URL for a site/page that explains would be helpful.

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Regards Bill
Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3
Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 23.1.1

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Calum Benson | 30 Nov 19:16

Re: Where are gnome menu configuration files ??


On 24 Nov 2009, at 20:05, William Case wrote:

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> What files should I be sure to backup and/or what files do I have to
> restore to get MY menu configuration back? 

~/.local/share/applications
~/.local/share/desktop-directories

should be a good start.  I forget off-hand if you'll also need to copy anything over from /etc/xdg/menus.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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William Case | 30 Nov 19:31

Re: Where are gnome menu configuration files ??

Thanks Calum;

On Mon, 2009-11-30 at 18:16 +0000, Calum Benson wrote:
> On 24 Nov 2009, at 20:05, William Case wrote:
> 
> > What files should I be sure to backup and/or what files do I have to
> > restore to get MY menu configuration back? 
> 
> ~/.local/share/applications
> ~/.local/share/desktop-directories
> 

Your suggestion made me realize that when I have installed a new Fedora
version in the past I have (almost always) kept my /home directory
intact.

> should be a good start.  I forget off-hand if you'll also need to copy anything over from /etc/xdg/menus.
> 

So my problem must be somewhere else e.g. /etc/xdg or someplace else
that belongs to root.

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Regards Bill
Fedora 11, Gnome 2.26.3
Evo.2.26.3, Emacs 23.1.1