.desktop files no longer run when double clicked (on desktop or in file browser)

[Tom H]

On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 9:46 AM Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> In Ubuntu 19.04 I am finding that it is not possible to run a .desktop
> file on the Desktop, or in nautilus file browser, by double clicking
> it. Apparently the Gnome developers have decided that there is no
> need for us to be able to this. Searching has not yielded a
> workaround other than to install a different file manager.
>
> See https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/05/nautilus-will-no-longer-launch-binaries.html

I don't use Gnome but I seem to remember that there's an extension to
remedy this change.