When you rename a launcher on gnome-panel-2.6.0 the settings are lost when you next log in. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: I wish to rename "Mozilla Firefox" to "Firefox" 1. Gnome menu -> Applications -> Internet -> right click "Mozilla Firefox" "Launcher Properties" dialog opens. 2. Alter "Name:" to "Firefox" and click "Close". Observe the launcher in the gnome menu now says "Firefox" and file created at ~/.gnome2/vfolders/applications/1080482400-mozillafirefox.desktop 3. Log out 4. Log in Observe the gnome menu reverts to "Mozilla Firefox". File ~/.gnome2/vfolders/applications/1080482400-mozillafirefox.desktop still exists. The renaming launchers via nautilus "start here" also fails to remain at next log in. In addition, it doesn't effect the current session either. This bug occurs for 3 launchers I tried, "OpenOffice.org 1.1.0 Calc" and the game "Same GNOME". Portage 2.0.50-r1 (default-x86-1.4, gcc-3.3.2, glibc-2.3.2-r9, 2.6.5-rc1) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.5-rc1 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz Gentoo Base System version 1.4.3.13 Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.58-r1 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-mcpu=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -msse2 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="gcc3" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.1/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-mcpu=pentium4 -O3 -pipe -msse2 -fomit-frame-pointer -funroll-loops" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs ccache sandbox" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gentoo http://www.planetmirror.com/pub/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X alsa apm arts avi berkdb crypt cups dvd encode esd foomaticdb gdbm gif gnome gphoto2 gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg libg++ libwww mad mikmod mmx motif mozilla mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl slang spell sse ssl svga tcpd truetype x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib"
Can't reproduce with 2.8.2 - re-open if the problem still exists for you.