Ubuntu 19.04 ".desktop" no longer working!?

[Thomas Stadtmüller]

Dears,

Can you confirm Ubuntu 19.04 still supports .desktop files?

I have upgraded from Ubuntu 18.10 to 19.04.

Now I wonder why there isn't a huge cry out in the community about
.desktop files no longer working.

These file no longer start the program as before in 18.10.

Definitely the path/app exists and the .desktop file is executable.

Regards

Thomas