Adding menu items in Gnome 2.6

[Michael Hipp]

Ken Moffat wrote:
> 
> My method: right click on the top taskbar and "add launcher", then open 
> "Start Here" from the desktop, click on application, then the 
> appropriate icon for your section, then drag and drop  the icon from 
> your task bar to that section. Restart Gnome to see the result.
> 
> Michael Hipp wrote:
> 
>> I'm on a brand-spakin' new FC2 Amd_64 installation. Despite the bad 
>> press, there is a lot to like in Gnome 2.6. But how on earth do you 
>> add things to the menu? Kde has their 'Menu Editor' program. Is there 
>> something similar in Gnome?
>>
>> I tried the Applications:/// trick, but everything is read-only.

Thanks. I tried that but everything is read-only in the applications. 
Tried it running as root and nautilus crashed and hung Gnome.

Where is this stuff actually stored. The docs say 
/usr/share/gnome/vfolders but making changes there had no effect.

Any help appreciated.

Michael