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How can I set a desktop launcher icon if its not in any of the lists? I downloaded a small java program that I use, there's a "png" image icon with it, but with Salix xfce I can't find a way to get the png image set on the desktop. I created a launcher on the desktop for the java executable, but the "icon" button on the edit-window only lets you pick from preset lists of icons. Using Salix 64 with the xfce , full install.

You need to create a .desktop file. Look in /usr/share/applications for lots of examples. The launcher you created is probably such a file too, so you can edit it with a text editor to fix it the way you want it.

Hey-That works! thanks, you can mark this one solved.

linuxfun wrote:Hey-That works! thanks, you can mark this one solved.

http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=4310#p4310

JRD wrote:

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exo-desktop-item-edit -c ~/Desktop/

That's the same dialog as you get when you create a new launcher. But it only offers a limited number of icons, only the ones in the icon cache I think.

You can always pick an icon from any pathname.
You can also add an icon to ~/.local/share/icons/

JRD wrote:You can always pick an icon from any pathname.

How?

Like any other window with an icon button : you click on it, you choose "image file"...and you choose an image, that's all.

JRD wrote:Like any other window with an icon button : you click on it, you choose "image file"...and you choose an image, that's all.

Either I'm missing something, or you didn't try what you're suggesting at all.