[Solved] .desktop file not being recognized

I've got a .desktop file that I created in ~/.local/share/applications but is not showing up.  I thought I remembered how to do this but apparently forgot.  By putting it in ~/.local/share/applications it should show in the menu, right?  I created this, and made it executable:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=cVLC
GenericName=Media Player
GenericName[ca]=Reproductor multimèdia
GenericName[de]=Medienwiedergabe
GenericName[fr]=Lecteur multimédia
GenericName[it]=Lettore multimediale
GenericName[ja]=メディアプレーヤー
X-GNOME-FullName=Command Line VLC
Comment=Play movies and songs
Icon=vlc
TryExec=clvc
Exec=vlc %U
Terminal=false
Categories=AudioVideo;Audio;Video;Player;TV;
MimeType=video/dv;video/mpeg;video/x-mpeg;video/msvideo;video/quicktime;video/x-anim;video/x-avi;video/x-ms-asf;video/x-ms-wmv;video/x-msvideo;video/x-nsv;video/x-flc;video/x-fli;application/ogg;application/x-ogg;application/x-matroska;audio/x-mp3;audio/x-mpeg;audio/mpeg;audio/x-wav;audio/x-mpegurl;audio/x-scpls;audio/x-m4a;audio/x-ms-asf;audio/x-ms-asx;audio/x-ms-wax;application/vnd.rn-realmedia;audio/x-real-audio;audio/x-pn-realaudio;application/x-flac;audio/x-flac;application/x-shockwave-flash;misc/ultravox;audio/vnd.rn-realaudio;audio/x-pn-aiff;audio/x-pn-au;audio/x-pn-wav;audio/x-pn-windows-acm;image/vnd.rn-realpix;video/vnd.rn-realvideo;audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin;application/x-extension-mp4;audio/mp4;video/mp4;video/mp4v-es;x-content/video-vcd;x-content/video-svcd;x-content/video-dvd;x-content/audio-cdda;x-content/audio-player;
Any ideas?
Last edited by Gen2ly (2012-08-20 02:31:15)

I don't know what desktop env. you're using but in KDE it looks OK.Even i've never made it executable.
Edit: Whoops it runs standart vlc
Last edited by 6ng4n (2012-08-19 22:22:15)

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