Mullvad-Browser on Desktop of my start screen

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Hey :slight_smile:

The following problem…

I want to get the Mullvad Browser desktop file in my Work VM onto the desktop of my start screen, but I can’t manage to do it.

So far, it was relatively simple.
I created a desktop file for the respective AppImage with:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications and nano ~/.local/share/applications/sample.desktop.

Then I inserted the following content:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Sample
Comment=Start Sample Exec=/home/user/Applications/sample-2.10.2.AppImage Icon=/home/user/Applications/sample-icon.png Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;

In the next step, in Dom0, I updated the app menu list of the Work VM with:

qvm-sync-appmenus work.

Now my desired file appears in the list, where I can right-click it to add it to Favorites and from there simply drag it with the mouse cursor onto the desktop of my start screen.

However, now the situation is that Mullvad Browser already provides a ready-made desktop file, and the Mullvad Browser is not an AppImage but a mullvad.real file.

For some reason, the provided desktop file does not appear in the list.

Can someone help me get the Mullvad Browser from my Work VM onto the desktop of my start screen so that clicking the icon automatically opens the Mullvad Browser in the Work VM?

Thanks :pray:

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You are missing some new lines in the desktop file, it’s not valid from what you shared

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I don’t understand how you installed Mullvad browser.

Have you checked this?

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