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Old 03-10-2015
.Desktop files
Hi all I have Fedora 20 installed.
I want to write a .desktop file that will open file manager and show the contents of a specific directory. Is there a way to do this?

Code:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Link   (can i put path here?)
Name=OpenAppDirectory
Icon=Logo.png

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Last edited by Don Cragun; 03-11-2015 at 01:14 AM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
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