*sigh* Apparently the maintainer of the extension has decided that for "security reasons" you have to right-click on ".desktop" files and enable them before they will be displayed as app icons and executable. So I guess this isn't a bug. Just an IMO poor design decision.
TL;DR Not considered a bug by the maintainer, don't reopen bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1812746 Title: .desktop files not displayed or executed correctly in 3.30 Status in gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix Bug description: I told VirtualBox to create a desktop icon for one of my virtual machines. It worked just fine in cosmic. After upgrading to disco, however, instead of showing up as an icon, it shows up as a ".desktop" text file, and double-clicking it just opens the text file in gedit. I tried deleting and recreating the icon in VirtualBox, and that didn't help. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.30.2-1ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-13.14-generic 4.18.17 Uname: Linux 4.18.0-13-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu19 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Mon Jan 21 15:52:33 2019 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2019-01-02 (19 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Release amd64 (20181017.3) SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-01-21 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1812746/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
