[SOLVED] menu won't show System Settings (entry exists)

[abalone]

System Settings won't show up in the KDE applications menu. Its entry is there when I run kmenuedit. I manually added a second entry for it, which naturally didn't help. I can add other applications to the menu, but not System Settings.

[Rog131]

Re: menu won't show System Settings (entry exists)

Earlier > Topic: KDE menu editor not [fully] working.


Background

The Menu editor is a .desktop file editor/maker (> Topic: GtoK: .desktop files) and a xml "editor".

When you add a menu item, the Menu editor will make a desktop file to the ~/.local/share/applications/. The Menu editor also adds a marking to the ~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu.

When you delete a menu item the Menu editor will make a marking to the ~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu. The .desktop file is not removed only action is a marking under the ".hidden" and "Exclude".


What to try

0) Backup your ~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu

1) Edit the ~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu

Is the System Settings excluded ?
Something like this:

 <Exclude>
  <Filename>kde4-systemsettings.desktop</Filename>
 </Exclude>

Is the System Settings marked to not show ?

 <Menu>
 <Name>.hidden</Name>
 <Include>
  <Filename>kde4-systemsettings.desktop</Filename>
 </Include>
 </Menu>

Remove the System Settings from the "Exclude" and from the ".hidden" lists.


2) If that doesn't help - maybe this: reset the K-Menu to the default.

Log out - When you are in the login screen - don't login - press: Ctrl + Alt + F1.
This should start virtual console.

Login in the text mode. After you are in, rename the ~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu.

Press: Ctrl + Alt + F7. Now you should be in the graphical login screen. Login and KDE should build new applications-kmenuedit.menu with the default menu items.

[abalone]

Re: menu won't show System Settings (entry exists)

It was indeed <Exclude>d, though I can't fathom why. Thanks again for the very comprehensive help!