Public bug reported:
Launching a .desktop file can result in the error message "The was an
error launching the application". Such unhelpful message hiding the
cause of the failure and leaving the user incapable of fixing the it
should not be included in any application ever programmed/released
including nautilus.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.20.3-1ubuntu3.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-32.34-generic 4.8.11
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-32-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8.2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Sat Dec 24 00:34:23 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-12-12 (377 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to yakkety on 2016-10-17 (67 days ago)
usr_lib_nautilus: gnome-terminal 3.20.2-1ubuntu5
** Affects: nautilus (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug third-party-packages yakkety
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Title:
.desktop file fails with unhelpful error message "The was an error
launching the application"
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