On Wed 14 Mar 2018 at 20:35:15 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 03/14/2018 05:30 PM, Liam O'Toole wrote: > >On 2018-03-14, Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > >>Several months ago I needed a fully custom desktop icon for a shortcut. > >>I had no trouble creating an appropriate png file and having it display. > >>Now I need a similar icon. I went to the properties of the shortcut > >>expecting to be able to discover the location of the image used. > >> > >>I could not. Clicking on the icon's image allows replacing it but no > >>apparent way to discover its location. > >> > >>Is there a way? > >>[for current application creating a new icon will be simple] > >>[finding the old icon would be convenient] > >> > >>TIA > >> > > > >Examine the .desktop file in your ~/Desktop directory. Look for a line > >beginning with "Icon". > > > > > > I have *NO* .desktop under /home/richard/Desktop
Presumably because the configuration file is called something else. My guess is ~/Desktop/.mate but perhaps if we all have a guess in turn, somebody will stumble on the correct name and win a small prize. OTOH you could look for yourself. No googling: that's cheating. Cheers, David.