I had some issues and tried to reset my Ubuntu desktop back to defaults, but the results were poor. After comparing all the settings side by side with a fresh Ubuntu install, I got it back to about 95%, but one issue still lingers...my custom .desktop files aren't appearing in the applications view. When I bring it up I see the icons that got installed system-wide, but the ones in ~/.local/share/applications aren't there.
If I launch one via gtk-launch, it starts up fine and behaves as expected, and I can pin it to my dock.
Editing the file info, such as the title, is reflected immediately.
g051051@ubuntu:~$ env | grep XDG
XDG_CONFIG_DIRS=/etc/xdg/xdg-ubuntu:/etc/xdg
XDG_MENU_PREFIX=gnome-
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=ubuntu
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=ubuntu:GNOME
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/usr/share/ubuntu:/usr/local/share/:/usr/share/
What magic setting am I missing?
Edit: I meant ~/.local/share, not shared.
