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#1 2008-04-14 00:05:06
- NeoEx
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Can't run .desktop files via Nautilus
Hi. I've just installed GNOME 2.22 but I have a strange problem: if I click on a .desktop file (on the desktop or in a Nautilus window), it'll be open with gedit, instead of being executed.
Any ideas?
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#2 2008-04-14 00:20:03
- Pudge
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Re: Can't run .desktop files via Nautilus
A .dekstop file is not executable. A .desktop file is used to create menu entries. It defines the entry's name, where the entry occurs in the menu, such as "Applications" --> "Internet" --> "Firefox" for example. It also defines the menu item's icon. So, .desktop files are used to configure the Main Menu items, nothing else.
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#3 2008-04-14 09:13:30
- NeoEx
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Re: Can't run .desktop files via Nautilus
A .dekstop file is not executable. A .desktop file is used to create menu entries. It defines the entry's name, where the entry occurs in the menu, such as "Applications" --> "Internet" --> "Firefox" for example. It also defines the menu item's icon. So, .desktop files are used to configure the Main Menu items, nothing else.
HTH
Pudge
Yeah, I know what they are. 
But with previous version of GNOME, clicking on a .desktop file means execute the program; KDE does this too.
I don't know what happened, but that's not normal: if I add a menu entry to the desktop, a .desktop file will be created: so, it's useless...
Removing ~/.gnome2, ~/.gconf and ~/.gconf2 doesn't change anything.
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