Geert, don't ask me how I did it because I do not know but the new icon
now works.
Just for kicks and grins I created a desktop file for LibreOffice Writer
and it worked right the first time. So then I edited my desktop icon
for GNC and compared it to yours and couldn't see any differences except
the path and data file name. Renamed my file and copied yours into a
text editor, changed the path and filename accordingly. Saved it and
right clicked the allow launching and it worked.
Working version (copied and edited from your post):
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash /media/jeffrey/'Mac
Drive'/Ledgers/Dad/Dad.gnucash
Name=GnuCash 4.9 FLATPAK Dad
Comment=Manage home and small business accounts
Icon=/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico
======
Non-working version:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash /media/jeffrey/**'Mac
Drive'/Ledgers/Dad/Dad.gnucash
Name=GnuCash 4.9 FLATPAK Dad
Comment=Manage home and small business accounts
Icon=/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico
To the naked eye they look identical but one works and the other does
not. Both are right clicked to allow launching. The only difference I
can see, now that I copied and pasted into this e-mail, is that the text
width is different. I don't know if that has something to do with it or
not (hidden high bit character that doesn't show up in Text Editor
perhaps?).
I then created an icon for another set of books (which works) and
checked the permissions for both. They are not the same. The copy of
yours shows a check mark in the 'Allow executing file as program', the
second one has a '-' . My original had a check mark too.
Thank you!
--
--JEffrey Black M.B.A.
On 4/2/22 11:28 AM, Geert Janssens wrote:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=flatpak run org.gnucash.GnuCash /home/janssege/testfile.gnucash
Name=GnuCash 4.9 FLATPAK Dad
Comment=Manage home and small business accounts
Icon=/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gnucash.GnuCash/x86_64/stable/active/files/
share/gnucash/pixmaps/gnucash-icon.ico
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