GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 437204
New autostart applications should automatically appear
Last modified: 2009-06-21 15:16:57 UTC
If you have the session properties capplet opened and a new application installs a .desktop file for autostart, it doesn't automatically appear in the list. It really should (monitoring with gnome-vfs, etc.)
On a related note, perhaps it should also monitor ~/.config/autostart for file changes/deletions/etc ?
This problem has been fixed in the development version. The fix will be available in the next major software release. Thank you for your bug report.