Re: Where to associate desktop icons with programs with Red Hat 9.0
- From: Ed Hurst <me@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:37:26 GMT
Videotron.ca wrote:
Here is my problem, I installed Red Hat 9.0 Personal Desktop. Everything
went well, until I wanted to associate a desktop icon such as a CD ROM with
a DVD Player(Ogle). When I did this the trash Icon and Home follder when
click on open the DVD program. I no longer could view the contents of the
trash. Does anyone know what file or program can help me get back to normal.
Or is there a progrma or file to associate a desktop icon to a program.
example /etc/... file?
I can only guess what your level of experience is, so don't be insulted
if I miss the target. First, make sure you've visited this website:
http://fedoralegacy.org/
Learn as much as you can about updating to the latest bug fixes and so
forth:
http://fedoralegacy.org/docs/
Once you've done a full update, please check to see if your problem has
been solved by bug fixes. I'm betting that will happen.
Now, after all that, I believe I can get you started by explaining that
the desktop icons when you first start are fed to you from a common set
given to everyone. If you create your own, they are supposed to be found
as files in your home directory, in a folder called "Desktop." Each of
them is a simple text file, with various configuration parameters. I
don't recall whether the standard set is also found there or not -- they
are not in later versions of GNOME.
You are running GNOME 2.2, I believe. The format for these desktop icons
would be more or less the same as the later versions of GNOME. Since I
don't use GNOME, I won't be much specific help, but I do have some idea
how they work. For example, the file for your Trash icon goes like this:
------------
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=Link
URL=trash:/
Icon=trashcan_full
EmptyIcon=trashcan_empty
Name=Trash
----------- [snip]
Below that is the name "Trash" in a couple dozen other languages. The
nature of this icon is to link to a place in the file system, so the
automatic function is to open a file manager window. If it were an
application, there would be a command name.
The quickest path to recovery would be to delete your "Desktop" folder
and logout. When you log back in, it should replace the missing folder
automatically.
--
Ed Hurst
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