Desktop Icons - creation

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How can I create Icons on the Desktop. Using Ubuntu 14.04(Unity). I think terminal will help, the problem is that I am new to Ubuntu. Linking can not work I Tried it. Thanks in advance

What kind of icons are you trying to create on the desktop? Simple pictures, links to files? — Charles Green, Jul 05 '14 at 15:31

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 06 '14 at 14:55

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Browse to /usr/share/applications/
Copy the .desktop file of the application you want to your desktop.

edited Jul 06 '14 at 14:55

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answered Jul 05 '14 at 14:47

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:) you mean copy .desktop file (not icon!) to the your desktop. – user.dz Jul 06 '14 at 14:52

Desktop Icons - creation

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