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I am running Ubuntu 12.04 on an IBM ThnkPad T42. I just installed Gnome and Cinnamon but I am still using Unity. The only problem is that in dash when I search for any application they don't appear. I don't see recent applications either. I fixed it by running unity --reset but the next time I turned on my computer it was broken again

wjandrea
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wil
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Reinstall unity-lens-applications and unity-lens-files logged out and back in and it should work.

wil
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This worked for me:

  1. Switch to tty1 (Ctrl+Alt+F1) and login as myself.
  2. rm -rf ~/.compiz (in order to recursively delete session logs... there might also be ~/.compiz-1 and so on, delete them all!)
  3. sudo service lightdm restart
  4. login using the standard greeter again.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/943083/comments/14

Lucio
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CRM-114
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The Unity Dash shows applications which have .desktop shortcuts in /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/. So ensure that the application has a .desktop shortcut in at least one of these two folders.

air-dex
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Enter Ubuntu software center, search for unity > "More Info" and if you scroll down, there are "Optional addons". Check unity lens files and applications then apply.

Uavi
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This worked for me:

Go to /usr/share/applications/ or ~/.local/share/applications/ and open in gedit the mpv.desktop file (if it is there, if not, probably try to create one).

If there is a line

NoDisplay=true

change it to 

NoDisplay=false
edison23
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This command will restore the configuration of dash:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -A

It should be working.

wjandrea
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