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I'm trying to write a .desktop link for Cave Story, a game that I'm trying to play. Someone put the code to make a launcher icon on the desktop and the code is: 

sh -c "cd /your_cave_story_directory_here(linuxDoukutsu-1.01) && ./doukutsu"

The emplacement of the folder (I downloaded it as a .zip, don't know if it has to be one of not) is Home (I believe that it's $Home), Linux Games, and then Cave Story .

I'm sorry to ask this easy question but I'm really new to Ubuntu and I have no idea what to write as the code.

Radu Rădeanu
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Asers387
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I believe that this is what you want:

sh -c "cd /home/your_user_name/Linux\ Games/Cave\ Story && ./doukutsu"

or just only:

/home/your_user_name/Linux\ Games/Cave\ Story/doukutsu

where your_user_name is the name you have as a user in the system.

The your_cave_story_directory_here is actually meaning the folder where the unzipped game is.

Additionally you may want to read How to add programs to the launcher?

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Stef K
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  • I'm not sure if I'm doing it wrong but when I change the user for mine and save as "Cave Story.desktop", I change the file to allow it to be executable as a program and when I click on it it says *"There was an error launching the application."* Maybe the application is the problem? Maybe the code you gave me is right? – Asers387 Aug 20 '13 at 21:46
  • You may want to see this question and its accepted answer which seems the OP had similar problems. Check the differences in .dekstop files. – Stef K Aug 20 '13 at 21:50