(Mis)understanding Standalone VMs?

General Discussion
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I just did a clean install of Qubes and restored all my qubes from backup. The normal qubes seem to be working fine so far (although admittedly I haven’t tried them all). However, my standalone VMs say that apps are missing (“Application missing in Template!”) under Settings → Applications. The missing apps are the apps I only installed in that particular standalone qube (like Zoom and Chrome).

I thought that a standalone VM was supposed to be self-contained, and have everything it needs? Did I miss something in the way I did my backups, perhaps?

Thanks in advance for any enlightenment someone can provide me.

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did you check whether those applications are indeed not installed in the standalone qubes or if it’s just Qubes saying that?
if they are, then Settings → Applications → Refresh applications
also, does Qubes recognise those VMs as standalones, i.e. “Type: StandaloneVM”?