Comment 2 for bug 283804

this is marked as "fix commited", but in 0.8 series I ame still experiencing Do to launch system desktop files instead of mine.

For example I would like to modify (using alacarte) desktop file of Pidgin, say, change icon, and I would expect this changed desktop file to have precedence over that global/shared one, so I can see my customized icon, or, for example have this app launched with my own arguments