After upgrading to 20.04 applications no longer launch from overview

[Gabriel]

System info:

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Release: 20.04

$ apt-cache policy gnome
gnome:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1:3.30+2
  Version table:
     1:3.30+2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.csg.uzh.ch/ubuntu focal/universe amd64 Packages

$ apt-cache policy gnome-shell
gnome-shell:
  Installed: 3.36.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  Candidate: 3.36.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
  Version table:
 *** 3.36.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.csg.uzh.ch/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     3.36.4-1ubuntu1~20.04.2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.csg.uzh.ch/ubuntu focal-security/main amd64 Packages
     3.36.1-5ubuntu1 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.csg.uzh.ch/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages

$ apt-cache policy ubuntu-desktop
ubuntu-desktop:
  Installed: 1.450.2
  Candidate: 1.450.2
  Version table:
 *** 1.450.2 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.csg.uzh.ch/ubuntu focal-updates/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.450 500
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.csg.uzh.ch/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages

I upgraded my system from 19.10/Eoan to 20.04 and when I go to the overview (Activities menu/hotspot), search an application and click on it it no longer launches. If I right click on it and select "Add to favorites" and then go to the dock and click on it it launches fine.

I have not been able to find how to debug this issue but it is very annoying. Someone said it may have to do with the way .desktop files are handled now.

Can someone please help?

Thank you!
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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.16
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DisplayManager: gdm3
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-05-06 (729 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco Dingo" - Release amd64 (20190416)
Package: gnome-shell 3.36.7-0ubuntu0.20.04.1
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-72.80-generic 5.4.101
RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.7+git20201123-0.20.04.1
Tags: focal third-party-packages
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-72-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2021-04-20 (14 days ago)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip docker lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please execute the following command only once, as it will automatically gather debugging information, in a terminal:

apport-collect 1926811

When reporting bugs in the future please use apport by using 'ubuntu-bug' and the name of the package affected. You can learn more about this functionality at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs.

[Gabriel (rossetti-gabriel)]

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[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

Thanks. It looks like you have a lot of extensions. Please start by:

1. Disabling them all (except the Ubuntu ones) in the 'Extensions' app.

2. Open a Terminal and run:

   cd ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/
   rm -rf extensions

3. Log out and log in again.

Does the problem still happen?

[Gabriel (rossetti-gabriel)]

Hi,

that was it, I found the culprit, it was this extension: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1025/hide-overview-when-click-overview/. Disabling it fixed my issues. Thank you, you can close this.