[ubuntu-za] Launcher icons

[Jan Greeff]

Hi again Bruce, I had a look in Launchpad then restarted my system and 
the problem went away!

Thanks for helping.

Jan



On 02/05/2012 19:48, Jan Greeff wrote:
> Hi Bruce,
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> I now remember how I did it last time, but now it does not work, the 
> link seems to drag across fine but the moment it is dropped on the 
> desktop it becomes damaged and I get this feedback:  'This link cannot 
> be used, because its target 
> "../../lib/libreoffice/share/xdg/writer.desktop" doesn't exist.'
>
> Any more ideas?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Jan
>
> On 02/05/2012 19:23, Bruce Pieterse wrote:
>> On 02/05/2012 09:35, Robin Bownes wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/02/2012 05:59 AM, Jan Greeff wrote:
>>>> Thanks Bruce, removing the icon and re-launching the program sorted 
>>>> the problem out.
>>>>
>>>> Jan
>>>>
>>> Pleased to hear that Jan. Unfortunately, it didn't work for me. 
>>> Doesn't matter how often I remove the button, and reload the 
>>> program, or change themes, etc. - still the same. I've even tried 
>>> tracking down the LibreOffice .desktop file and editing that to 
>>> point to a particular icon file - still no joy.
>>>
>>> So if anyone out there has a flash of brilliance, please let me 
>>> know. It only does this with my LibreOffice launcher button.
>>>
>>> Robin
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Hi Jan,
>>
>> Glad you got it sorted out! :) To place a shortcut onto your desktop, 
>> you won't be able to drag it from the launcher onto your desktop, but 
>> you can drop an icon onto your desktop through the unity dash.
> All the best,
>> Bruce 
>
>
>
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