A few Desktop and update questions

[paul1149]

Looks like the problem was me not understanding how the Menu configurator is configured. When XFCE is selected on the left, I thought the items on the right were items in the left-hand column of the menu. But they seem to be global filters that will remove the items from the entire menu, including the search function. I restored my menu config file, went into configurator and re-checked Install Updates, which I had disabled. Now Install Updates appeared in a search. From there I added it to Favorites. It still isn't in System though, which I thought it is by default.

So all my questions here have been answered. Thanks again to everyone!