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Basically, those menu items are .desktop files. The usual paths are: I suggest you first check if those .desktop files are well created. If not stored in the same path, you can search for those with the following command: find / -name ‘*.desktop’ If you don’t find those files, you can create those using the template from my vncviewer.desktop
Is there an editor that will work with Xfce?
MenuLibre is another freedesktop.org standard-compliant editor that works well with Xfce. Xfdesktop installs a menu file and .desktop files which together with non-xfdesktop .desktop files define the menu.
How to create a custom category in Xfce?
Second, the “Category” element associates .desktop files with this sub-menu. It is recommended to make up a custom category starting with “X-”, which is the prefix of non-standard categories by convention. As an example, we’ll create a submenu with entries to display various folders in your favourite file manager.
Hidden=true is equivalent to deleting the file. If you only want to remove menu items from the root menu only, copy their .desktop files and edit them to remove Category X-Xfce-Toplevel. Xfdesktop installs the following desktop entry files in the root menu ($prefix = /usr on most systems):
Which is an example of an icon in Xfce?
As an example, I often run remote sessions using VNC and at the moment I can only start the VNC viewer from the terminal. Ideally it would have an icon/item so that not only it would be visible in the menu, but I could also select it as a ‘favourite’ (easy-to-reach) item in the Whisker Menu.
How to create a desktop file in Xfce?
You’ve to create .desktop file in /usr/share/applications directory if the entry is targeted to all user or in $HOME/.local/share/applications directory if the menu entry is just for you Name: put here the name of the application.