Ubuntu 19.04 ".desktop" no longer working!?

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

On 2019-05-25 08:18, Thomas Stadtmüller wrote:
> 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.

Possibly because they generally work?

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

.desktop files don't need to be executable.

Please provide a reproducible use case, preferably by submitting a bug 
report.

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