18.04 *.desktop file not working in 20.04

[Ian Bruntlett]

Hi,

On Wed, 24 Feb 2021 at 20:39, Grizzly via ubuntu-users <
ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On my 18.04.5 (32bit) netbook I have
> .local/share/applications/Pegasus.desktop
> (later it changed to just Pegasus) that works fine, displays an icon on
> the
> launcher, and starts my mail client under Wine (3.x thru 6.0)
>
> I copied the same file, to same location on 20.04.2 (64bit) and it does
> nothing, no icon (even after a hard reboot) has the process changed ?
>

My experience of 20.4 through to 20.04.2 x86_64 is that the display of
desktop icons is, shall we say... buggy?

Sometimes all/most of the icons appear. Sometimes they don't.

Sorry I can't be more helpful.


Ian

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