More ways to add shortcuts to your desktop.

Benjamin Kahn shows more ways to add shortcuts.

1) Right click on the desktop. A menu will appear. Select: New|Launcher. Give it a name, a tooltip, type in the command name, and give it an icon. Make sure the type is Application and not Directory. If it needs an xterm, click the check box. Click "OK".

2) Drag an icon off the panel onto the desktop with the left mouse button.

3) Left click on a menu in the panel, and drag a menu item to the desktop.

4) Open the file manager and drag an icon from the file window to the desktop.

5) Drag the little bookmark near the word "location" on the top of Netscape to the desktop.

6) Follow step (1) above and select URL link, and enter a URL.

7) Create a something.desktop file in .gnome-desktop which looks something like this: (this example creates a shortcut which kills a crashed netscape.)

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Destroy Netscape
Comment=Stop all running Netscapes (when they crash)
Exec=killall -9 netscape-communicator 
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/HandReach.xpm
Terminal=false
MultipleArgs=false
Type=Directory

Benjamin Kahn has been using computers since he was five, and has been working with Linux for more than 5 years. He currently works as the Head of R&D for CyberSites, Inc.

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