This bug still exists in alacarte in precise... I just had it happen to me after deleting the google chrome menu entry. Finall stumbled upon this bug report and deleted the file in .local/applications and now chrome shows again.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to alacarte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/118936 Title: Alacarte does not recover deleted menu items Status in Alacarte Menu Editor: Fix Released Status in “alacarte” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “alacarte” source package in Hardy: Won't Fix Bug description: Binary package hint: alacarte If you delete a program's menu item form Alacarte you can never again recover it: neither pressing the "revert" button, not uninstalling that program and installing it again. That makes deleting a launcher EXTREMELY dangerous, so please - either remove the "delete" function of Alacarte, and let the user just show or hide the launcher; or fix Alacarte so the revert button actually reverts the menu to a state where deleted launchers are recovered. This bug is VERY serious in my opinion. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/alacarte/+bug/118936/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
