Launcher shortcut produces error after OS update

[Wade Smart]

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On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6 October 2014 12:34, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>> .
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>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:56 AM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 6 October 2014 01:30, Wade Smart <wadesmart at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I have a trading app I use for forex. It was built on Java.
>>>> It worked fine for a month and then after a normal weekly Ubuntu
>>>> update it produced this error:
>>>>
>>>> java.langUnsatisfiedLinkError: Cant load library: /libjwutils_linux32.so
>>>>
>>>> My desktop entry in usr/share/applications:
>>>>
>>>> [Desktop Entry]
>>>> Name=Barchart
>>>> Comment=Online Trading Program
>>>> Exec=/home/wadesmart/Barchart/Barchart-linux32-online
>>>> Icon=/usr/share/icons/barchart.png
>>>> Terminal=false
>>>> Type=Application
>>>> Categories=Applications;
>>>>
>>>> If I click on Barchart-linux32-online directly, it runs fine.
>>>
>>> What do you mean by "click on Barchart-linux32-online directly"?
>>>
>>> Colin
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>> If you click on the application directly, it starts just fine.
>
> Do you mean clicking on it in nautilus (Files)?
>
> What happens if you type, in a terminal
> /home/wadesmart/Barchart/Barchart-linux32-online
>
> What happens if you browse to /usr/share/applications and double click
> the desktop file there?
>
> If that works then remove the link from the shortcut (it is probably
> referring to a different desktop file, (possibly one in
> .local/share/applications) and drag the one in /usr/share/applications
> to the launcher.
>
> Colin
>
>> If you click on the short cut link, that and other errors come up
>>
>> Wade
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Yes. If I go to the Barchart folder in wadesmart and click it, it runs.
And it runs when I click it from /usr/share/applications.

I removed the icon from the launch and created a new short cut.. it works!

Why did the .local file no longer work?
Is that update related or ?? something else.