Public bug reported:

Trying to launch a app from terminal that does not contains a "Icon"
etry on it desktop file causes the shell to crash.

How to test
===========

* Create a desktop entry without the icon entry (something like that):
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sync Monitor
Comment=Ask for online account authentication if the token expires
Exec=/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/sync-monitor/sync-monitor-helper %u
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Version=1.0
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=sync-monitor

* try to launch it from terminal or url launch:
/usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/sync-monitor/sync-monitor-helper 
--desktop-file-hint=/usr/share/applications/sync-monitor-helper.desktop


Expected
========

App appears

Current
=======

Shell crashes and go back to login screen.

** Affects: unity8 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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  unity shell is crashing for apps without icon

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