What warning does it show? Desktop files don't need to be executable AFAIK. If it is a warning about the launcher being untrusted, and gives you the option to mark it as trusted then that is a design decision and is expected behaviour.
-- [Jaunty] Desktop launchers created with wrong permissions set https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340425 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs