On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote:
> On 05/23/16 07:07, Alan Evans wrote: > > > Or rather, I can rename them, but then I can't access them. > > > > If I create a new file on my F23 KDE desktop, I have no trouble > accessing it. But if I > > rename it (right-click, Rename) then try clicking on it again after, I > get an error > > dialog: "Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder > > /home/alan/Desktop///<oldname> does not exist." (<oldname> is the name > the file was > > before I renamed.) > > > > This is a real bother in the case of folders, because I rename them > often. But then I > > can't access them. Everything seems to work from within the File > Manager, but fails when > > dealing with Desktop icons. > > How are you, and what type of file, are you creating on the desktop. > > I just did the following.... > > Right click on the desktop and selected "Create New--->Link to > Application" and then > configured it to start Firefox. In doing so I gave it the name "Run > Firefox" which is how > it appears on the desktop. I also adjusted the properties to have the FF > icon displayed. > I started FF using this desktop file several times. > > I then right-clicked on the icon, picked "Rename" and changed it to just > "Firefox". After > that I clicked it again and Firefox started without incident. > I haven't tried a link to an application. In my case: Right-click on Desktop, Create New --> Folder. Name the folder "foo". Click on foo, opens File Manager in foo directory. Close that. Right-click on foo, Rename. "bar" Click on bar... Error. (After reboot, clicking on bar works.) Same thing happens with Create New --> Text File. This condition exists in my login and my wife's login, since I'm not sure when.
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