Thanks, I already know how to create a desktop icon.  What I want is a
default template of sorts so that when a new user is created a set of icons
appear automatically.  I guess I could create a startup script that would
parse /home/users to determine if a new user has been created and then write
the icons to the desktop.

That seams a little excessive though and I'm assuming there is something
already available in Gnome that does it.  If not it would be nice if you
could add it!  It would make life for software developers easier to create a
polished install for Linux.

Thanks,

On 1/3/07, Adam Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

On 1/3/07, Chris Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What I am trying to do is create an installer for a software tool I have
> been developing.  I would like something that sounds relatively simple
to
> happen.  For every user that is created on the system i would like 2
icons
> which are shortcuts to the application to appear on their desktop.  So
if a
> new user is created he gets 2 default icons every time.
>
> Does anyone know of a clean and easy way to do this?

In GNOME, "icons" or launchers on the desktop are simply .desktop
files placed in the ~/Desktop directory.  Drag an item out of the
applications menu to see the format of the file or look at
freedesktop.org.

Adam




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