Hi,
I am using pcmanfm 0.9.5 and in my panel there is in the "Application Launch Bar" an icon for the file manager (pcmanfm). When I
first start pcmanfm by clicking on this icon
or or by opening the panel Menu -> Accessories -> File Manager I can then click on the "Applications" tab in the file manager and see various entries that can then be opened to show their associated apps.
This also continues to work when then starting
further instances of pcmanfm
by any other method (e.g. from a terminal or from my hotkeys in my mint-lxde-rc.xml file or from my menu.xml file)
as long as the instance started from the panel or the panel menu is still open.
However, if I
first start pcmanfm by any other method (e.g. from a terminal, from hotkeys or from my menu.xml) I get an empty result when clicking on the "Applications" tab in the file manager and this also applies to any additional instances started from the "Application Launch Bar" in the panel or from the panel menu.
So if you want to use the "Applications" tab in pcmanfm, then it seems that you must:
1. Have no instances of pcmanfm running that were started from a terminal, or one of the lxde hotkeys or menu.xml files that you might have created.
and
2. You must start pcmanfm from either the panel menu (Accessories -> File Manager) or from an icon in the "Application Launch Bar" in the panel (if not present then set it up).
I hope that this is of some help to anyone wishing to use the "Applications" tab in pcmanfm.
Note: I do not use pcmanfm to "manage" my desktop or set the desktop background image, nor do I start pcmanfm automatically from my autostart.sh file! These
might prevent use of the "Applications" tab in pcmanfm, but I have not tested this.
Best regards,
-- Dr.U
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