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Linux: refresh menu after having registered .desktop file

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Mar 15, 202630650 views
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Problem

I've created a menu item using . Unfortunately, the menu item does not occur immediately on Ubuntu 11.10, but I need to log out and in again. Is there a possibility to force a menu refresh, so it occurs immediately?

Error Output

xdg-desktop-menu install mycompany-myapp.desktop

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has an option according to the man page.

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