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GNOME 3.4 how to make an app launcher?

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http://forums.fedoraforum.org – This GNOME 3.4 is starting to get on my nerves. How on earth do you create something as basic and necessary as an application launcher? I don't want to muck with stuff under /usr. I want the app launcher to be just for my own desktop. I tried creating a .desktop file under .local/share/applications - Nope. I tried creating a .desktop file under .local/share/gnome-shell/applications - Nope. And yes, I reloaded the shell with Alt-F2 -> r. (HowTos)

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I am running gnome 3 under Fedora 17. Previously with gnome 2, I could create a program launcher which sat in the horizontal bar on top for a program in /usr/local/bin. Under gnome 3, if I put the program name or location in the slot on the upper right, nothing happens. I want to have a launcher, if possible in the 'favorites bar' on the left.

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I am running ubuntu 12.10 with Gnome 3.60. I'm still fairly new to ubuntu and especially gnome. I would like to add a launcher to my desktop to show all installed applications instead of having to go thru activities and then to applications. I know how to create a launcher just need to know what the command ubuntu (or Gnome if it is Desktop specific) uses to bring up the application menu.

Put your modified *.desktop files to ~/.local/share/applications

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