Ubuntu – Can’t start gvim from the launcher

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I don't know why I've been having so many problems with gvim lately, but now I can't start it from the launcher. I click on it, and it glows and pulsates for awhile, but after a few seconds it stops pulsating and nothing happens.

I created the launcher icon by opening gvim, right-clicking on it and clicking "Lock to Launcher". I've tried opening it through nautilus with the right-click context menu, and I've tried running it through the terminal. Both times I would right-click on the icon and click "Lock to Launcher". Both methods have the same result.

Best Answer

I run into the same problem, and solved it by the steps below.

  1. rm ~/.local/share/applications/gvim.desktop
  2. type gvim in terminal and lock 'gvim' to ubuntu dash again.
  3. Actually, you can modify 'path' in '~/.local/share/applications/gvim.desktop' file to your home directory, because this is the original source that this problem came from.

reference: How to remove icons/shortcuts from Unity menu?

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