Thanks for the video, the problems you mention come from nautilus upstream decisions. Weird that it displays the action since they removed handling for .desktop, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/184
The desktop limitations you mention are known, also down to nautilus upstream deciding to remove that feature https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/158 The new component used for the desktop is https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell-extension-desktop- icons ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues #184 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/issues/184 ** Bug watch added: gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues #158 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/nautilus/-/issues/158 ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1875204 Title: .desktop files inside folders on the Desktop cannot be launched To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1875204/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs