On 05/23/16 07:07, Alan Evans wrote:
Or rather, I can rename them, but then I can't access them.
If I create a new file on my F23 KDE desktop, I have no trouble accessing it. But if I rename it (right-click, Rename) then try clicking on it again after, I get an error dialog: "Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder /home/alan/Desktop///<oldname> does not exist." (<oldname> is the name the file was before I renamed.)
This is a real bother in the case of folders, because I rename them often. But then I can't access them. Everything seems to work from within the File Manager, but fails when dealing with Desktop icons.
How are you, and what type of file, are you creating on the desktop.
I just did the following....
Right click on the desktop and selected "Create New--->Link to Application" and then configured it to start Firefox. In doing so I gave it the name "Run Firefox" which is how it appears on the desktop. I also adjusted the properties to have the FF icon displayed. I started FF using this desktop file several times.
I then right-clicked on the icon, picked "Rename" and changed it to just "Firefox". After that I clicked it again and Firefox started without incident.