I can't add some Desktop Entries to favourites in Ubuntu 22.04, The desktop files do, however, work if I click on them in /usr/share/applications.
Please find some examples of two desktop files that can't be attached to favourites and one that does work.
What haven't I understood?
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Commercial Microchip application, can't be attached:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=MPLAB IDE
Comment=IDE for Microchip PIC and dsPIC development
Exec=/usr/bin/mplab_ide
Icon=mplab_ide.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Development;Programming;
StartupNotify=true
Homebrewed application, can't be attached:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=mysql2graf
Icon=/usr/share/icons/mysql2graf.ico
Path=/dok/ny/p/hep/test/mysql2graf
Exec=/dok/ny/p/hep/test/mysql2graf/mysql2graf
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=mysql2graf
OnlyShowIn=Unity;
X-UnityGenerated=true
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.24
Homebrewed application, can be attached:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Sus
Comment=pm-suspend
Exec=/home/he/hep/scripts/susa
Icon=/usr/share/icons/Humanity/apps/32/access.svg
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Development;