<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> On 02/05/2012 19:48, Jan Greeff wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4FA17365.1010201@verslank.net" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> 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 <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72"> </pre> On 02/05/2012 19:23, Bruce Pieterse wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4FA16D7A.9070202@otq.za.net" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> On 02/05/2012 09:35, Robin Bownes wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4FA0E3AC.2080808@bownes.co.za" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> On 05/02/2012 05:59 AM, Jan Greeff wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:4FA0B10C.3060106@verslank.net" type="cite"> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> Thanks Bruce, removing the icon and re-launching the program sorted the problem out. Jan </blockquote> 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 <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> 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. </blockquote> All the best, <blockquote cite="mid:4FA16D7A.9070202@otq.za.net" type="cite">Bruce </blockquote> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> Funny enough, I get the same thing. Opening writer from the dash works though. I can see that it is a symbolic link that is being created: libreoffice-writer.desktop -> ../../lib/libreoffice/share/xdg/writer.desktop but the path it's pointing to is /lib/libreoffice which does not exist in /lib. I did find the correct link at /usr/lib/libreoffice/share/xdg/writer.desktop. Unfortunately, creating a symbolic link to that .desktop file won't work as it has root permissions (needs to be owned by you and marked as trusted). So I tried the following and it works: - Open up the terminal - cd ~/Desktop - sudo cp /usr/lib/libreoffice/share/xdg/writer.desktop . - sudo chown yourusername: writer.desktop - Right-click on writer.desktop - Go to permissions tab and tick "Allow executing file as program" - Done! The file will be renamed to LibreOffice Writer and it will launch properly :) Robin, perhaps you can try this work around a see if it will work for you. <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- All the best, Bruce FSF Member 10674 / The FSF is a charity with a worldwide mission to advance software freedom / Join the Free Software Foundation: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=10674">http://www.fsf.org/register_form?referrer=10674</a> </pre> </body> </html>