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I've just installed the new 2014 CS50 Appliance (v.2014-24) inside VMware Workstation 11 according to the instructions. And its working fine, with the following exception:

If I run in terminal update50 command (as suggested at the start of every pset), the following happens:

  1. The update routine executes
  2. Update completes successfully
  3. "Settings Manager" item is no longer available in the "50 Menu"

I tried to perform Restart to the system, but "Settings Manager" never comes back, so I ended up recreating the whole appliance from scratch in VMware, and this time staying away from updating it (and so far, v.2014-24 is the latest one as far as i know).

But it is important to keep thing up to date, so I want to bring this issue with updating to someones (CS50's ??) attention, so it may be fixed with the future updates.

Also, if anyone else ever ran into this issue, and have some temporary "fix" or workaround, i'll be glad to hear about it.

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After too much of a digging, I've finally found a fix to restore "Settings Manager" item to the "50 Menu":

Run in terminal:

gedit /home/jharvard/.config/menus/xfce-applications.menu

Then, find the following part:

<Include>
    <Category>X-Xfce-Toplevel</Category>        
</Include>

Add "Settings" category there, so it will look like this:

<Include>
    <Category>X-Xfce-Toplevel</Category>
    <Category>Settings</Category>       
</Include>

Save the file, and close the editor. Now "Settings Manager" item should be back in the "50 Menu". You may try to reboot the appliance, if it doesn't take effect immediately for you.

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    Worked brilliantly. I too had delayed updating but now I've done so and I still have my settings manager. :) be sure to 'accept' your own answer.
    – curiouskiwi ♦
    Commented Jan 6, 2015 at 2:18
  • Thanks, I will do so once the 2-day timeout on accepting self-answers expires.
    – smartxed
    Commented Jan 6, 2015 at 11:16
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    Thanks! Easy and a permanent fix.
    – yohnnyjoe
    Commented Jan 6, 2015 at 13:54
  • would you expand on, "Then, find the following part: "? thanks!
    – mazal
    Commented Jan 7, 2015 at 22:53
  • Inside the 'xfce-applications.menu' file, find the '<Include>' section, and add there '<Category>Settings</Category>' line, just as I explained above.
    – smartxed
    Commented Jan 7, 2015 at 23:19
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The fix will be added to xfce-applications.menu today, so hopefully subsequent update50s will not remove it again. Thanks for figuring it out!

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  • Working on CS50 is actually challanging my "figuring things out" skills every week, and bringing it to higher levels :-) . And thanks for paying attention to bugs posted here!
    – smartxed
    Commented Jan 7, 2015 at 23:25
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in terminal type

xfce4-settings-manager

this will bring up the GUI Settings Manager.

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  • Thanks, that does opens up the Settings Manager, but how can i bring it back to the main Menu? I've noticed that in "Application Menu" properties, it specifies "use custom Menu File", but the file chosen is "None", may that be of any clue? Where this menu file should be located?
    – smartxed
    Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 13:21
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    I'm not sure. I've been using this as a temporary fix.
    – yohnnyjoe
    Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 14:29
  • Thanks, so I assume i'm not the only one facing this issue.
    – smartxed
    Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 15:07
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My appliance is still upgrading, so I can't help with the changed Application Menu, but you can use the following workaround:

Create a empty file on your dekstop.

Add the following lines:

echo "CS50 Fix: Starting Settings Manager"
xfce4-settings-manager
echo "CS50 Fix: Settings Manager started.."

Save the file as "SettingsManager.sh".

Right click on it --> Properties --> Permission:

Check the box: "Allow this file to run as a program"

Now you can just click on this whenever you want to access the SettingsManager.

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  • Thanks! While trying your workaround (which works :-) ), I've found that you can create a launcer shortcut: rightclick on desktop > "Create Launcher", and then type "Settings Manager", autocomplete will offer to create a launcher for Settings Manager, selecting it will create a proper shortcut.
    – smartxed
    Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 18:03
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    If you found the answer to your question, it'd be great if you could post it (as an answer) and accept it.
    – abelinux
    Commented Jan 5, 2015 at 19:38

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