I try to make me a link and just feel as i would be a really beginner with computers. what i did: In /home/myuser/.local/share/applications i have the following content in a file saved: [Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8 Type=Application Name=NM-Edit Comment=NM-Edit Icon=/path/to/icon.xpm Exec=~/bin/…

Thanks a lot for the fast answer. Now i could make it work. The tools desktop-file-validate was a big help. @dalto :bluethumb: [image] FranciscoD: I’m also not sure if one needs to log out and back in after adding the files. Worth trying. This is quite annoying, especially for someone who m…

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dalto (dalto) August 3, 2022, 2:13pm 3

My first troubleshooting step when working on an issue with a desktop file is to run desktop-file-validate against it.

Have you tried that yet?

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