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[Solved] Having trouble removing a non-working application from KDE Application Launcher (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/linuxquestions

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History:

When trying to adjust the appearance of my KDE Neon setup, I made a mistake and now I can't figure out how to undo it. I was editing the applications in the stock Application Launcher. I can't remember exactly what I did, but I made a second entry to an application (Ferdium) that was already installed and tweaked the "Program:" entry for it. Since then, I haven't been able to use it. I even uninstalled the app, which removed the original application item, but I can't remove the copied version.

Problem:

When I click on it in the KDE Menu Editor, it immediately crashes the editor and suggests that I report a bug. The bug error details read "Executable: kmenuedit PID: 3,152 Signal: Segmentation fault (11) Time: 10/25/23 6:16 PM". I've submitted the bug, but haven't heard anything about it in weeks. I might have submitted it without contact information, and if I try to resubmit it, it appropriately prevents me from submitting the bug again.

When I click on the application entry as if it to open it, I get an error stating, "execvp: No such file or directory".

Any ideas on how I can remove the application from my application menu?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Check if there is the desktop file of the entry you created in ~/.local/share/application, and if you find it remove it, then reboot (or log out and in) to check if it fixed the problem

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I deleted it, but it didn't work :/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

are you sure you deleted all possible .desktop files pointing to that application? do you still see the entry if you open the menu with the Meta key?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I thought I was. I looked again, and it was there. This time, I deleted it and it fixed it. Thank you!

[–] possiblylinux127 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe delete the dot files? I'm not much of a KDE guy so there may be a better option.

Edit: never mind, I misread.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

How do I do that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Deleting it's desktop entry will probably do the trick, they are usually stores in either ~/.local/share/applications or in /usr/share/applications

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That fixed it. Thank you!