It will help you to fix unrecognized, ugly or double icons in Linux.

• git
• wget

yay -S startupwmclassfixer

Download the zipped file or clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/bil-elmoussaoui/StartupWMClassFixer.git

Open the script using

sudo ./fix

Or using this if you've installed the script from a package

sudo StartupWMClassFixer

You can revert your modifications using --revert argument.

  sudo ./fix --revert

 sudo ./fix --update

Almost all the application desktop files are stored in /usr/share/applications that's why we need root permissions to modify them.

The script will modify the desktop file of supported applications (list of supported applications) and add/modify StartupWMClass key.

For more informations about StartupWMClass see Recognized desktop entry keys.

1. Open the application
2. Open the terminal and type xprop WM_CLASS
3. The mouse cursor will change, click on the application window and copy the WM_CLASS(STRING) value
4. Clone the repository and modify the database file following this

  Application Name, Desktop file name, WM_CLASS

5. Create a pull request