On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 at 17:04, Frank Bures <bur...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just upgraded to F41 from F40. > > When I try to change properties of a desktop icon (be it VM-manager, > Thunderbird, Chrome or any other) the system would not let me to save the > changes. because: > > Could not save properties due to insufficient write access to: > ‘/home/fbures/Desktop/virt-manager.desktop’. > > And indeed the above location is a link to > /usr/share/applications/virt-manager.desktop > > Everything in that directory is owned by root:root >
This has been touched on a few times in previous threads, it's always a good idea to check the archives. (Although the hyperkitty search and browsing seems a little broken currently?!) This article covers .desktop files fairly comprehensively: https://www.baeldung.com/linux/desktop-entry-files And from an older thread on the Chrome desktop file: And, just for posterity: https://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=154052 Note: Please don't modify .desktop files in /usr/share/applications as a) > that would require root and b) your changes will be overwritten the next > time the app is updated. If you want to modify a .desktop file copy the > file to ~/.local/share/applications and edit it there. > > .desktop files in ~/.local/share/applications take precedence over . > desktop files with the same name in /usr/share/applications and you can > hack up the ones in your home directory all day long - worst that could > happen is you'd do it wrong and have to start over but the original . > desktop file is still on your system :)
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