Ho do I create a desktop shortcut?
Re: Ho do I create a desktop shortcut?
Thanks--that was easy. But what if I want to create a brand new shortcut that is not already on the system?
No, I don't :-). I usually read my draft before posting it, but I guess I missed one.
But what if I want to create a brand new shortcut that is not already on the system?
For XFCE 4.4 in 5.8 Standard: Right-click on an existing desktop icon, then select "Desktop", "Create Launcher".
Having created numerous shortcuts (yay, Windows mentality) I can honestly say that creating a desktop icon in VL is fairly similar to what you do in Windows. Right-click, Create New.
From here, if you want a link to an app, choose Link to Application. If you want a folder, Link to Folder (say, if you want your shared-with-windows folder on the desktop, you'd then type into the dialog /mnt/win and you'd be set).
With the applications, put in full paths to avoid any problems, especially if you intend to use an alias'd command (like Shutdown.) To continue my own experience, putting "Shutdown -h now" in the command-line section of the dialog would result in frustrating errors, whereas "/sbin/shutdown -h now" worked. Now, I could've put "/sbin" in the Working Path section.