HELP: How can lxqt-panel refresh the menu after it has been edited?

[vonHabsi]

I used MenuLibre to edit the menu but it seems that the changes will not take until I logout and log back in, but I have too many open windows now.

Is there a way to change the menu without logging out or restarting?

[stefonarch]

killall lxqt-panel && lxqt-panel &
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[pmattern]

This is a long-standing, known bug, see #65.
Aside from restarting the panel you can also update the time stamp of the desktop entry file *.menu that's used to build the menu. Using the default one e. g. by running # touch /etc/xdg/menus/lxqt-applications.menu, has to be invoked by root.
Restarting the panel, which indeed represents another means, can also be handled by GUI LXQt Session Settings.

[wellington1993]

@pmattern Worked for me calling individually the commands using the Alt+F2 Shortcut...

Alt+F2 => killall lxqt-panel
Alt+F2 => lxqt-panel

In my case the panel freeze after try to adjust sound volume.

Thanks!