Start menu in Linux
I was reading about a Windows user who was using launchy for controlling his system then he started using Start menu just be hitting Windows key and typing what he needed to run
I assume you can do the same in Linux? tie Windows key [I know it hurts me to use it too!!]
Would you run gmrun? open a term like tilda
looked at Gnome-Do but its huuuuugeee!!!
MrG
dmz wrote:
Lord Illidan wrote:What's so huuuge about Gnome do? I use it myself for a lot of tasks, I find it very useful..
bash-3.2# pacman -S gnome-do
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Targets (43): libgdiplus-1.9-1 mono-1.9.1-1 ndesk-dbus-0.6.0-1 ndesk-dbus-glib-0.4.1-1
gtk-sharp-2-2.12.4-1 gnome-menus-2.24.0-1 orbit2-2.14.16-1 policykit-0.9-5 gconf-2.24.0-1
gnome-keyring-2.24.0-1 libdaemon-0.12-1 avahi-0.6.23-1 gnome-mime-data-2.18.0-3
gnome-vfs-2.24.0-1 esd-0.2.40-1 libbonobo-2.24.0-1 libgnome-2.24.1-1 db4.1-4.1.25-2
evolution-data-server-2.22.3-2 libbonoboui-2.24.0-1 libgnomeui-2.24.0-1
gnome-desktop-2.22.3-1 libgweather-2.22.3-1 gnome-panel-2.22.2-1 perl-xml-simple-2.18-2
icon-naming-utils-0.8.7-1 gnome-icon-theme-2.22.0-1 libgnomecups-0.2.3-3
libgnomeprint-2.18.3-3 libgnomeprintui-2.18.2-1 gnome-sharp-2.20.1-1 vte-0.17.4-1
cdrkit-1.1.8-1 dvd+rw-tools-7.1-1 gnome-mount-0.8-1 nautilus-cd-burner-2.22.1-1
gtkhtml-3.18.3-1 gnome-desktop-sharp-2.20.1-1 mono-addins-0.3.1-3
gnome-keyring-sharp-svn-87622-3 notify-sharp-svn-3009-2 xdg-utils-1.0.2-1
gnome-do-0.6.0.0-1
Total Download Size: 72.69 MB
Total Installed Size: 261.83 MB
Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
Yeah, well, I was already using Gnome
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So what is it?
I'm not entirely sure what the "start" menu is called, be it in Windows, or contextually in OpenBox, JWM, SithWM, etc. but essentially, it's a launcher in a familiar menu form. For an equivalent, take a look at mygtkmenu.
Why did I create it?
I settled on DWM as my window manager. While I like dmenu, I prefer a graphical launcher. The closest I could find was mygtkmenu, but the configuration file wasn't in XML, and certain shell commands have to be escaped rather peculiarly. Dissatisfied, I tinkered until this was made.
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Why Java, not C?
I don't know C. I'm familiar with Java.
What are the dependencies?
The java runtime environment.
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Are you going to provide the source?
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Can you make a PKGBUILD?
I've read through the PKGBUILD pages on the wiki, and I can't surmise where to even begin. Those pages seem geared for people who are Linux/Arch devs as opposed to just a guy who cobbled together some code to do what he wanted.
Conclusion
I'm satisfied with how it works, functionally-speaking. I made this for myself, and I'm sharing it with the intent that there may be someone out there who was seeking something similar. Or perhaps, it will prompt a competent someone to take this idea and make it in C. If you have suggestions for improving it, feel free to add them to the thread, particularly if they involve some way of decreasing CPU/RAM usage.
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Event View Crash Report:
Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 06/06/2011 7:29:50 PM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: UberHal
Description:
Faulting application name: firefox.exe, version: 2.0.1.4120, time stamp: 0x4da6a9fb
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x8d394fd6
Faulting process id: 0x1aec
Faulting application start time: 0x01cc24a1a155376a
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: df4396d9-9094-11e0-8761-0026180e006b
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Error" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>100</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-06-06T23:29:50.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>31380</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>UberHal</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>firefox.exe</Data>
<Data>2.0.1.4120</Data>
<Data>4da6a9fb</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>00000000</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>8d394fd6</Data>
<Data>1aec</Data>
<Data>01cc24a1a155376a</Data>
<Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe</Data>
<Data>unknown</Data>
<Data>df4396d9-9094-11e0-8761-0026180e006b</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Log Name: Application
Source: Windows Error Reporting
Date: 06/06/2011 7:29:56 PM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: UberHal
Description:
Fault bucket 2009598108, type 5
Event Name: BEX
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
Problem signature:
P1: firefox.exe
P2: 2.0.1.4120
P3: 4da6a9fb
P4: StackHash_0a9e
P5: 0.0.0.0
P6: 00000000
P7: 8d394fd6
P8: c0000005
P9: 00000008
P10:
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C:\Users\MC\AppData\Local\Temp\WERD47E.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml
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C:\Users\MC\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_firefox.exe_966114b87f1ef26bf245bee89f49ab1bb58152f2_0c65eb58
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: df4396d9-9094-11e0-8761-0026180e006b
Report Status: 0
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<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Windows Error Reporting" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">1001</EventID>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-06-06T23:29:56.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>31381</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>UberHal</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
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<Data>2009598108</Data>
<Data>5</Data>
<Data>BEX</Data>
<Data>Not available</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>firefox.exe</Data>
<Data>2.0.1.4120</Data>
<Data>4da6a9fb</Data>
<Data>StackHash_0a9e</Data>
<Data>0.0.0.0</Data>
<Data>00000000</Data>
<Data>8d394fd6</Data>
<Data>c0000005</Data>
<Data>00000008</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>
C:\Users\MC\AppData\Local\Temp\WERD47E.tmp.WERInternalMetadata.xml</Data>
<Data>C:\Users\MC\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportArchive\AppCrash_firefox.exe_966114b87f1ef26bf245bee89f49ab1bb58152f2_0c65eb58</Data>
<Data>
</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
<Data>df4396d9-9094-11e0-8761-0026180e006b</Data>
<Data>0</Data>
</EventData>
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Disabling all addons, didn't help. Moreover, I can't start FF in safe mode or start profile manager (Start > Run> firefox.exe -ProfileManager).
OS: Windows 7 64bit
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Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
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Regards RAYhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-program-used-open-email-links
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Start Menu items/shotcuts and Start Menu search ability on multiple workstations
2/13/2014 our IT department began to receive complaints of missing programs. After investigation of a few users we were able to determine that the programs existed but all shortcuts and items from the start menu had been completely removed. In addition the
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menu were items added after the fact, internet explorer, magnifier, command prompt, and notepad. All other items, folders, and the ability to search installed programs or folders were completely removed. However all programs are present in the program files
folders. THe start menu folder in program data was empty except for the aforementioned items. Additionally properties of start menu had all necessary checks in boxes such as search program files and folders etc. Also show hidden items and folders is enabled
for many users so the items were not hidden but gone. And the biggest kicker of all was after a full domain investigation into the issues we found that the majority of our windows server platforms, primarily 2008, were also affected and system restore is unavailable.
This conflicts with our idea that Windows Updates caused this since our servers get their updates on a manual initiated basis by their admins which we have not performed as of yet for this month. This caused me to begin looking at SCCM SCEP as all systems
have System Center Endpoint Protection and received definition updates. Also accessing different user profiles or even a new profile did not make a difference, issue still present.
Due to the enormous inconvenience we sent out a company wide email asking users to perform system restores to get us in a stable state. A system restore to the day before Windows updates (second Wednesday of every month configured by SCCM SCUP) restored
the start menu items.
On a multitude of machines IT performed troubleshooting and system restores recording the changes removed and added. We then, on a healthy machine, started to apply the windows updates and SCEP (antivirus) definitions 1 by 1 with out success of replicating
the issue. Next we performed a system wide antivirus full scan and did not find any viruses. This is obviously not a system criticle issue bringing us down but is a huge concern for us in IT as it happened company wide and caused a large flux of tickets and
some down time for non-technical users. We most definitely want to know the cause and after several days of investigation and troubleshooting Im turning to the Microsoft community for help.
I know I categorized this as a Windows 7 issue and its affecting windows server 2008, 2003, and 7, but I did not see a forum for all windows platforms. Since the majority of affected users are Windows 7 I opened it here.
So to summarize in a bulleted format:
Issue: Wide spread issue affecting around 60-70 users and servers, all profiles, were all start menu items save one or two system defaults were removed. Additionally the searching feature for the start menu looks to be broken as programs
exist in program files and are unsearchable from start menu. IT was also affected and I remain affected until I find the cause.
Investigation and Troubleshooting:
Start menu properties: nothing has changed and search options are enabled.
Missing items are not hidden, hiding and unhiding does nothing and folder options show hidden files is checked.
Program data start menu location is indeed empty as well as user app data start menu location
No group policy's are in place altering start menu items and no group policy changes were made as of recent
No SCCM packages pushed company wide in last month or pushed individually
Windows Updates occurred on windows 7 machines only before the issue occurred and computers restarted and the issue surfaced
System Center Endpoint Protection Antivirus updates and definitions deployed just before the occurrence with windows updates. SCEP def updates happen on all windows boxes to include servers
Paint.exe was completely missing from system32 folder for some users machines to include my own
System restore to that morning before restarts or previous day fixes the issue for windows 7 users
No windows updates were initiated on any servers
Servers were also affected with windows 7 machines
About half the users affected had corrupt Microsoft Office 2013 Pro Plus Click to Run installations and for some the system restore did not fix this and we had to re-install office for around 10 users
SCEP antivirus did not catch any viruses that could cause this, I performed MBAM scans on a handful of machines and didn't find anything either.
Re-creating start menu shortcuts works
Happened to two of our companies locations NH and MA, all part of the same domain but different LANS of course. Companies are interconnected by MPLS connection.
I combed through SCCM to see if anything deployed and found nothing. Currently I have SCUP updates and SCEP updates disabled. I will post a list of Windows Updates that occurred when the issue occurred as well as the SCEP updates. I have read all the threads
about this types of issues and tried all steps without success. Googling the issue also did not rear results.
MichaelSpauldingHi,
I would like to suggest you try these steps to figure out what could be causing this problem.
1. Run Troubleshooter
Open the Search and Indexing troubleshooter
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Open-the-Search-and-Indexing-troubleshooter
2. Create a new library and include fewer folders for test purpose. Now search for a file from that folder. See if it works.
Create a new library
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Create-a-new-library
3. Try to rebuild search indexing. Refer the steps from the following article.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-advanced-indexing-options
Also you may use the System File Checker tool (SFC.exe) to check the issue. The sfc /scannow command scans all protected system files and replaces incorrect versions with correct Microsoft versions.
How to use the System File Checker tool to troubleshoot missing or corrupted system files on Windows Vista or on Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929833
In addition, you may refer to the following Microsoft TechNet article for the Windows Search related Group Policies.
Group Policy for Windows Search
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732491(WS.10).aspx
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Blair Deng
Blair Deng
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Office Start Menu Shortcuts Keep Vanishing!
I have Windows 8.1 Enterprise and Office 2013 Professional with all current updates installed. I prefer to run with Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook on the 'Start Menu' and until recently, this has been working fine. For the last couple
of weeks however the shortcuts for Word, Excel and Powerpoint keep vanishing! Strangely, the Outlook shortcut always remains! I can go to the all programs display, select them and use 'Pin to Start' and they obligingly appear, I move them into
the correct group, they stay there for a while and then vanish! It has even done it in front of my eyes! The Start Menu appeared to slide off to the right and then slide back. When it slid back into view, they were gone!
Has anyone else seen anything like this or have any idea what the problem may be?Hi,
Was your computer in a Domain?
Please check if there is any schedule or GP to regularity reset Start screen layout.
Also, consider the corrupted user profile issue, you can check whether this issue also happened on another user account.
This issue can also be caused by corrupted system components, you can try to use this command to restore healthy:
Please make sure to run CMD as Administrator:
dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
Update this thread after you check my suggestions.
Kate Li
TechNet Community Support -
Help with copying files into the the Start Menu
I am trying to copy my application which tracks system usage, such as reboots, temps, etc, I want it when it first runs, to copy it self into the the programs folder and the start up folder. However I get the error ""FileCopy: destination file is unwriteable: ""......Anyone have an idea why I get this error? Is there away around it? Thanks for any and all help
*Copying on a Mac works fine
*I am currently Testing it on a copy of Windows Xp
*I havenot Tested Vista or 7 Yet.
Hers the class which I call to copy my program
class FileCopy {
String OS="";
String username;
String dir;
String name="Test.jar";
String MAC="Mac OS X";
String WinXp="Windows XP";
String WinVista="Windows Vista";
String Win7="Windows 7";
JFrame errorWin;
FileCopy(){
System.out.println("Enter Copy");
OS= ManagementFactory.getOperatingSystemMXBean().getName();
username = System.getProperty("user.name");
if(MAC.compareTo(OS)==0){
copyMac();
else if(WinXp.compareTo(OS)==0){
copyWinXp();
else if(WinVista.compareTo(OS)==0){
copyWinVista();
else if(Win7.compareTo(OS)==0){
copyWin7();
else
return;
private void copyMac(){
System.out.println("Enter Mac Copy");
System.out.println("OS:"+OS);
String s="/Applications/Solitaire.Jar";
try {
copy(name, s);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Failed at Mac Copy new");
errorWin=new JFrame("Error: Failed at Mac Copy new ");
e.printStackTrace();
} //Moves Jar File to Application Folder
private void copyWin7(){
String dir1="C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs\\SolitaireWin7.Jar";
String dir2="C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\SolitaireWin7.Jar";
try {
copy(name, dir1);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Failed at Win7 Copy 1");
errorWin=new JFrame("Failed at Win7 Copy 1");
e.printStackTrace();
} //Moves Jar File to Application Folder
try {
copy(name, dir2);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Failed at Win7 Copy 2");
errorWin=new JFrame("Failed at Win7 Copy 2");
e.printStackTrace();
} //Moves Jar File to Application Folder
private void copyWinVista(){
String dir1="C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs\\SolitaireVista.Jar";
String dir2="C:\\Documents and Settings\\All Users\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\SolitaireVista.Jar";
try {
copy(name, dir1);
} catch (IOException e) {
errorWin=new JFrame("Failed at Winista Copy 1");
System.out.println("Failed at WinVista Copy 1");
e.printStackTrace();
} //Moves Jar File to Application Folder
try {
copy(name, dir2);
} catch (IOException e) {
errorWin=new JFrame("Failed at WinVista Copy 2");
System.out.println("Failed at WinVista Copy 2");
e.printStackTrace();
} //Moves Jar File to Application Folder
private void copyWinXp(){
String dir1="C:\\Documents and Settings\\"+username+"\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Solitaire.Jar";
String dir2="C:\\Documents and Settings\\"+username+"\\Start Menu\\Programs\\Startup\\Solitaire.Jar";
try {
copy(name, dir1);
} catch (IOException e) {
errorWin=new JFrame("Failed at WinXp Copy 1");
errorWin.setVisible(true);
errorWin.repaint();
System.out.println("Failed at WinXP Copy 1");
e.printStackTrace();
} //Moves Jar File to Application Folder
try {
copy(name, dir2);
} catch (IOException e) {
errorWin=new JFrame("Failed at WinXp Copy 2");
errorWin.setVisible(true);
errorWin.repaint();
System.out.println("Failed at WinXP Copy 2");
e.printStackTrace();
} //Moves Jar File to Application Folder
public void copy(String fromFileName, String toFileName) throws IOException {
File fromFile = new File(fromFileName);
File toFile = new File(toFileName);
if (!fromFile.exists()){
errorWin=new JFrame("FileCopy: " + "no such source file: " + fromFileName);
errorWin.setVisible(true);
errorWin.repaint();
throw new IOException("FileCopy: " + "no such source file: " + fromFileName);
if (!fromFile.isFile()){
errorWin=new JFrame("FileCopy: " + "can't copy directory: "
+ fromFileName);
errorWin.setVisible(true);
errorWin.repaint();
throw new IOException("FileCopy: " + "can't copy directory: "
+ fromFileName);
if (!fromFile.canRead()){
errorWin=new JFrame("FileCopy: " + "source file is unreadable: "
+ fromFileName);
errorWin.setVisible(true);
errorWin.repaint();
throw new IOException("FileCopy: " + "source file is unreadable: "
+ fromFileName);
if (toFile.isDirectory())
toFile = new File(toFile, fromFile.getName());
if (toFile.exists()) {
if (!toFile.canWrite()){
errorWin=new JFrame("FileCopy: destination file is unwriteable: " + toFileName);
errorWin.setVisible(true);
errorWin.repaint();
throw new IOException("FileCopy: destination file is unwriteable: " + toFileName);
System.out.print("Overwrite existing file " + toFile.getName()
+ "? (Y/N): ");
System.out.flush();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
System.in));
String response = in.readLine();
if (!response.equals("Y") && !response.equals("y")){
errorWin=new JFrame("FileCopy: existing file was not overwritten.");
errorWin.setVisible(true);
errorWin.repaint();
throw new IOException("FileCopy: existing file was not overwritten.");
} else {
String parent = toFile.getParent();
if (parent == null)
parent = System.getProperty("user.dir");
File dir = new File(parent);
if (!dir.exists()){
errorWin=new JFrame("FileCopy: destination directory doesn't exist: " + parent);
errorWin.setVisible(true);
errorWin.repaint();
throw new IOException("FileCopy: destination directory doesn't exist: " + parent);
if (dir.isFile()){
errorWin=new JFrame("FileCopy: destination is not a directory: " + parent);
errorWin.setVisible(true);
errorWin.repaint();
throw new IOException("FileCopy: destination is not a directory: " + parent);
if (!dir.canWrite()){
errorWin=new JFrame("FileCopy: destination directory is unwriteable: " + parent);
errorWin.setVisible(true);
errorWin.repaint();
throw new IOException("FileCopy: destination directory is unwriteable: " + parent);
FileInputStream from = null;
FileOutputStream to = null;
try {
from = new FileInputStream(fromFile);
to = new FileOutputStream(toFile);
byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
int bytesRead;
while ((bytesRead = from.read(buffer)) != -1)
to.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead); // write
} finally {
if (from != null)
try {
from.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
if (to != null)
try {
to.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}That's clearly a security restriction then. You need to assign the JVM's user account enough rights to do so, or to configure any firewall/virusscanner which has possibly blocked it.
Apart from this, are you aware of the fact that the OS root disk is not per se labeled "C:", that the location of documents is not per se "Documents and Settings", that there exist System#getenv() and System#getProperty() methods to find default system and environment variables and that there is the java.util.prefs API to access the registry? Your application is likely not going to run on any environment.
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