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how to create a custom launcher in ubuntu 12.04?

Asked by Douglas Cunningham

I want to know how to add my own custom launcher to the Desktop, please.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you go to ~/.config/autostart

You can copy one of the .desktop files there and ten edit it to run whatever you want. You can put it in ~/Desktop and it will show in the desktop, if you want it to appear in dash, you can copy it to /usr/share/applications be sure it doesn't overwrite any of the other files. The name is just for humans but the display name is the bit that tells the OS how to show it in dash. If the pwd is important when the command is executed (some wine apps like this) then make a bash script to cd to the containing folder then run the app.

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