I have noticed this happen with other applications, too, ie the unity launcher somehow loses track of the application so it no longer appears in the launcher, but I don't know what causes it.
When it happens, does ~/.xsession-errors contain any useful information? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1001973 Title: netbeans icon does not show in unity launcher after starting and stopping netbeans a few times To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/1001973/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs