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startup applications disappeared

Asked by SoloTurn

after upgrading to ubuntu-13.04 pressing unity button changed to "search your computer and online resources" and startup applications are not displayed any more. only files, social, music, .. can be searched. how could one re-enable finding applications in unity?

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This question was originally filed as bug #1156895.

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Adelina-Roxana Suhani (adela-suhani) said : 		#1

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it and converting it to a question in the support tracker. We understand the difficulties you are facing, but it is better to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs.

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#2

Hi SoloTurn,

Please open a terminal (CTRL+ALT+T) and copy-paste from here the following command

     sudo sed 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false' -i /usr/share/applications/session-properties.desktop

Then logout and login and search again (via Dash) for startup applications.

Regards
 NikTh

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N1ck 7h0m4d4k15 (nicktux) said : 		#3

BE AWARE that the command appears here (in Launchpad) as two lines. It is ONE LINE , ONE command.
I will give the command again

sudo sed 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false' -i /usr/share/applications/session-properties.desktop

Regards
 NikTh

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Best Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) said : 		#4

Please make sure that you have installed: ubuntu-desktop unity-lens-applications packages.

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SoloTurn (soloturn) said : 		#5

Thanks Dmitrijs Ledkovs, that solved my question.

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SoloTurn (soloturn) said : 		#6

unity-lens-applications was not there, do not know how the upgrade could have removed or forgotten it.

just for the procedure. i created an question at answers: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+question/224315 , then it was suggested to report a bug, and now you again made a new question out of it.