The default position should be that the system creates an 'application' for each .desktop in ~/.local/share/applications.
it does not, and is rather particular... in my case requiring full addresses was the issue. even then, add to favourites was not immediately available, which is frustrating. for newbies, and aren't we all, if the 'app' appeared, but did not work, at least we could have faith... as it is its just a black box, with no insight as to what the issue may be..... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878392 Title: Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa desktop launchers not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop-icons/+bug/1878392/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs