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Dropbox icon missing in Loki

The correct instructions to run are : env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE='' dropbox start it worked for me ! The -i option is only necessary the first time to install the daemon, but ...
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Dropbox icon missing in Loki

Dropbox does not recognize Elementary's desktop interface. Therefore, it does not know which icon set to use. This script has been designed for Elementary OS and I really can recommend it: https://...
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How can I fix this strange icon in wingpanel?

How to find out which application indicator is broken You can end the process of each application you are used to see wing-panel step by step and see when the broken indicator hides. In my case it ...
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Dropbox icon missing in Loki

sudo nano /usr/share/applications/dropbox.desktop then replace the exec line to Exec=env XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity QT_STYLE_OVERRIDE='' dropbox start dropbox stop dropbox start -i
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How can I change the icon of an application in the elementary OS

GUI method to change icon of an application:(Using nautilus and Main menu) Method 1 : Using alacarte Install Main menu (AKA alacarte) sudo apt-get install alacarte Open Main menu Click on a ...
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Is there any way to lock the dock?

Yes, this is possible. You can open the dock's preferences by right-clicking on a free space of the dock. Probably you will need several tries not to open context menu from an icon - but believe me, ...
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How can I fix this strange icon in wingpanel?

Also, you can know which applications are using indicators (other than the elementaryOS defaults) executing on terminal: dbus-send --type=method_call --print-reply --dest=com.canonical.indicator....
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How can I change the icon for a specific file type?

Create a New Mimetype We have to teach the system about GuitarPro as something called a "mimetype". To do that, we need to create a mimetype package file that contains info about how to identify ...
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How to solve broken Google Chrome icon?

Just do sudo apt -f install after this. dpkg -i or dpkg --install doesn't install dependencies automatically.
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How to change Desktop icon font color?

If you enabled the desktop icons by Nautilus (How to enable desktop icons and right click in Elementary OS Freya?), you can do the following: cd ~/.config/gtk-3.0 nano gtk.css add the css: .nautilus-...
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After update, calculator program is now called unnamed

Run the following command to open the calculator entry in Scratch sudo -i scratch-text-editor /usr/share/applications/pantheon-calculator.desktop Change the text after line that starts with Name= (...
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How do I remove the WIndows overview mode icons?

It's not possible unless you branch the source code and program in those changes.
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How to fix Netbeans 8.1 double icons on plank

Try StartupWMClass=NetBeans IDE 8.1 Source.
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One of my apps has a second, fuzzy icon in Plank. How can I workaround this?

After upgrading to version 46.0.2490.71 and above you may experience this problem again. This problem occurs because WM_CLASS has been changed on google-chrome. Based on waldyrious's answer, fix it ...
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Certain application icons does not show up in dock when opened

Same issue. Currently I go to dock preference (ctrl + Right Click), comportment, and I disable/enable Show unpinned. But it's not a solution of course. It's boring but it's work (or Alt+Tab)
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How to solve broken Google Chrome icon?

In the terminal navigate to /usr/share/applications sudo scratch-text-editor google-chrome.desktop scroll about halfway down to just above the [Desktop Action NewWindow] section look for the Icon ...
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Display Desktop Icons

Have you tried this tip? Keep in mind that desktop folders is not a deal in the elementary. This can be harsh, I know.
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Display Desktop Icons

There's an app called Desktop Folder that's available in the AppCenter. It adds desktop folders, among other things.
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Add icon to show desktop

Plank(Dock) has a hidden settings window for developers/OEMs. Hold Control and right click anywhere on the dock Select "Preferences" Select "Docklets" tab from the Dialog box that appeared Drag "...
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Add icon to show desktop

The first step, install wmctrl package: sudo apt-get install wmctrl Description from the wmctrl homepage: The wmctrl program is a UNIX/Linux command line tool to interact with an EWMH/NetWM ...
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Change specified app's icon

You can change the icon of dota 2 going to ~/.local/share/applications and opening Dota 2.desktop with a text editor like gedit or scratch, change this line Icon=steam to this Icon=...
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How to combine the icons of different icon sets into a new one?

You can make a copy of the original icon set you want to edit to a working folder in your /home folder, then edit the name of the folder so you know it's your own custom setup. Within this folder is ...
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How to combine the icons of different icon sets into a new one?

The files of the icon themes you have installed and all that come by default are saved under /usr/share/icons. From there you can copy the ones you like and combine them into a new one. There is a ...
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Copying status panel icon for diodon

I don't know why it didn't work, but I'd suggest you try elementary+. elementary+ is a community maintained addition to elementary OS's default icon theme. It contains icons for several third ...
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How can I change the icon of an application in the elementary OS

To Change specific App icon: I suppose, the icon which you want to place is ~/Downloads/[image.png] Open terminal and run the commands: nano /usr/share/applications/[appname].desktop Note : If you ...
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How can I fix this strange icon in wingpanel?

since the link in accepted answer is already invalid, I'd like to give another link. The link below contains custom install script for DropBox. https://github.com/zant95/elementary-dropbox This ...
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Viber icon broken?

Create a script to run viber: sudo nano /usr/local/bin/viber-start put into it: #!/bin/bash VIBER_USE_LIBAPPINDICATOR=1 XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=Unity /opt/viber/Viber Make it executable chmod +x /...
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How can I get menus with icons in Loki?

Full explanation here. What concern us: setting this via org.gnome.desktop.interface does not work because menus-have-icons (and buttons-have-icons) is deprecated, but it's still possible to set this ...
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