Granted. But Wine doesn't use the standard .desktop files. Crossover creates .desktop files but I don't remember their location and it's not standard. It also creates symlinks in the ~/bin directory which is what I tend to use. On 28 Aug 2013 17:54, "Benjamin Tayehanpour" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 28 August 2013 11:17, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > > cd ~/Desktop > > ln -s "<PATH TO PROGRAM>" "<NAME OF SHORTCUT>" > > > > To do it for all (new) users. > > cd /etc/skel/Desktop > > ln -s "<PATH TO PROGRAM>" "<NAME OF SHORTCUT>" > > > > To do it for all existing users. > > cd /home > > for i in *; do > > ln -s "<PATH TO PROGRAM>" "$i/Desktop/<NAME OF SHORTCUT>" > > done > > > > Hope that helps > > > > Peter > > That's a terrible way to do it, if we're talking about desktop > shortcuts. You should use the freedesktop specification for .desktop > shortcut files instead. The stock ones in /usr/share/applications > ought to get you started. > _______________________________________________ > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > [email protected] > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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