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I have a .desktop file on my desktop that launches a html page. I need the .desktop file to run from startup, what would be the best way to do this?

I have tried crontab and also the startup application but have been unsuccessful so far.

[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 
Name=Chromium Web Browser 
GenericName=Web Browser 
GenericName[en_GB]=Web Browser 
Comment=Access the Internet 
Comment[en_GB]=Access the Internet 
Exec=chromium-browser --kiosk file:///home/user1/Desktop/mltest/vms.html 
Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false 
Type=Application 
Icon=chromium-browser 
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme‌​-handler/https; 
StartupWMClass=Chromium-browser 
StartupNotify=true 
Actions=NewWindow;Incognito;TempProfile; 
X-AppInstall-Package=chromium-browser
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  • Post the content of that .desktop file. – mbiber Oct 25 '14 at 14:33
  • [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=Chromium Web Browser GenericName=Web Browser GenericName[en_GB]=Web Browser Comment=Access the Internet Comment[en_GB]=Access the Internet Exec=chromium-browser --kiosk file:///home/user1/Desktop/mltest/vms.html Terminal=false X-MultipleArgs=false Type=Application Icon=chromium-browser Categories=Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https; StartupWMClass=Chromium-browser StartupNotify=true Actions=NewWindow;Incognito;TempProfile; X-AppInstall-Package=chromium-browser – oliverbpt Oct 25 '14 at 14:36
  • Name[en_GB]=chrome

    [Desktop Action NewWindow] Name=Open a New Window Exec=chromium-browser

    [Desktop Action Incognito] Name=Open a New Window in incognito mode Exec=chromium-browser --incognito [Desktop Action TempProfile] Name=Open a New Window with a temporary profile Exec=chromium-browser --temp-profile

     – oliverbpt Oct 25 '14 at 14:37
  • I added a solution for firefox, same thing for chromium, just change the command. – mbiber Oct 25 '14 at 14:38
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If you are in need of launching a web page via browser then add to startup applications something like this:

/usr/bin/firefox /path/to/html/file.html

or

/usr/bin/firefox http://some-site.com/

No need to run .desktop file.

EDIT: So in your case chromium-browser --kiosk file:///home/user1/Desktop/mltest/vms.html

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