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Debian 11.5 Desktop Launchers Do Not Showup

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Debian 11.5 Desktop Launchers Do Not Showup

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Hi.

I have been using unique desktop launchers for several years now.

However when I put them in /home/USER/Desktop I can not get them to show on the desktop.

They are typical. See below this one is called focal.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Focal
GenericName=Focal Language
Comment=Focal Language
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
Terminal=true
Exec=/home/ken/bin/focal.sh
Icon=/home/ken/png/scribe-on-black.png
Categories=Development

This one is called google.desktop

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Google
GenericName=Google
Comment=Internet Search Engine
Icon=/home/ken/png/Google.png
Keywords=Internet;WWW;Browser;Web;Explorer
Exec=firefox https://www.google.com
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true

None of these appear on the desktop. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks

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Re: Debian 11.5 Desktop Launchers Do Not Showup

#2 Post by sunrat »

What Desktop Environment are you using?
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Basic GNOME

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#4 Post by sunrat »

Apparently Gnome devs don't think desktop icons are a core function. I don't use Gnome so you'll have to search "enable desktop icons in gnome" or something.
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#5 Post by KenUnix »

What do I have to do to enable desktop launchers? I ran the gnome tweak tool but no help.
Do I have to move to another distro?
Is there a desktop manager LXDE, KDE where desktop launchers work? Awful empty desktop!
OK. Can I move an app from the activities list to the desktop?
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#6 Post by sunrat »

https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?qu ... s+in+gnome

I only use KDE. It can have icons on desktop. A launcher is just an icon.
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#7 Post by KenUnix »

I tried installing with KDE desktop but got missing files message after a time from Debian 11.5 installer.

Ended up using LXDE desktop. My only hope is that this will continue to work. With /home/USER/Desktop.

Thanks

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