Favorite on Launcher

[Hund]

On February 28, 2021 4:20:57 PM GMT+01:00, Grizzly via ubuntu-users <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>Hi Again
>
>I'm still having trouble putting (wine app) as favorite on the launcher of 
>Fossa.
>
>In Bionic I just made a app.desktop file, put it in 
>
>.local\share\applications
>
>and all went well even when the icon image was on a second drive (it only 
>appeared when that drive got mounted)
>
>Searching around on the net I'm told to put the app.desktop in 
>
>usr\share\applications
>
>but even then nothing shows on the launcher
>
>I know (or think I know) that once it is running I could just right click the 
>(tempory?) launcher icon and "Pin favorite"  
>
>My problem is a "Catch 22" the app wont run without cmd line switches. so 
>without the app.desktop it wont run and without running (it seems) I cant get 
>the app.desktop
>
>Can anyone help
>
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The only differences between the two folders are that one is for your user only and the other is for every user.

Yours only: `~/local/share/applications`
Everyone: `/usr/share/applications`

Have you tried running the application via the terminal emulator and then just pinning the application? If you're unsure about the command, it should be in the .desktop file.

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Hund