Hello
Using XFCE 21.1, Xfce 4.16
Somehow deleted items form Gui Settings manager
Like to add them again.
How can I do that ?
Thanks
Dutchy
LIke to add items to GUI XFCE Settings Manager
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Re: LIke to add items to GUI XFCE Settings Manager
It's difficult to know what you might have done that would delete items from there accidentally. Anyway, this post on Xfce's own forums explains how to add items to the Settings Manager GUI so it may help in your situation:
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=15263
Basically you go to /usr/share/applications and edit (as root) the .desktop file of the setting you want to add. If it's the Keyboard settings for instance, you would add
Or have you deleted those individual settings altogether from your system, so they aren't even in the menu any more? Maybe a complete reinstall of the xfce4-settings package would help.
https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=15263
Basically you go to /usr/share/applications and edit (as root) the .desktop file of the setting you want to add. If it's the Keyboard settings for instance, you would add
X-XFCE-SettingsDialog;X-XFCE-HardwareSettings;
to the end of the Categories line in the file xfce-keyboard-settings.desktopOr have you deleted those individual settings altogether from your system, so they aren't even in the menu any more? Maybe a complete reinstall of the xfce4-settings package would help.
Re: LIke to add items to GUI XFCE Settings Manager
I'm stumped there.michael-hi wrote: ⤴Fri Feb 02, 2024 5:40 pm It's difficult to know what you might have done that would delete items from there accidentally....
That'd be a very good thing to try, though "complete reinstall" might make it sound scarier than it is. I would go into synaptic package manager, hit the search button and find xfce4-settings, and then hit "mark for re-installation". In synaptic marking doesn't install or remove anything, you need to hit the Apply button. And read what messages there might be.... Maybe a complete reinstall of the xfce4-settings package would help.
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken
Re: LIke to add items to GUI XFCE Settings Manager
Ahhh, thanks a lot
Ill try option 1 first and resort to reinstall later. Thats because I like to understand how things work.
Cheers, Dutchy
Ill try option 1 first and resort to reinstall later. Thats because I like to understand how things work.
Cheers, Dutchy