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I am trying to create a 'shortcut' that I can pin to my launcher in Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS that will launch an RDesktop session.



It works fine from the command line thus:



rdesktop -u UserName -d Domain -g 1024x720 -a 16 ServerName


I found something close in Terminal command script launcher, but it does not quite work.



I made the desktop file that contains this (made it executable etc as per the link above):



[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=RDP-ServerName
Comment=Open an RDP session to ServerName
Exec=rdesktop -u UserName -d Domain -g 1024x720 -a 16 ServerName
Terminal=true
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Application;


I figured if I could get it to work from the desktop, then I could somehow pin it to the launcher afterwards?



However, when I run it from the desktop, nothing seems to happen. I tried choosing the 'terminal' option, and also the 'run' option, but neither seems to work.










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    I am trying to create a 'shortcut' that I can pin to my launcher in Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS that will launch an RDesktop session.



    It works fine from the command line thus:



    rdesktop -u UserName -d Domain -g 1024x720 -a 16 ServerName


    I found something close in Terminal command script launcher, but it does not quite work.



    I made the desktop file that contains this (made it executable etc as per the link above):



    [Desktop Entry]
    Version=1.0
    Name=RDP-ServerName
    Comment=Open an RDP session to ServerName
    Exec=rdesktop -u UserName -d Domain -g 1024x720 -a 16 ServerName
    Terminal=true
    Type=Application
    Categories=Utility;Application;


    I figured if I could get it to work from the desktop, then I could somehow pin it to the launcher afterwards?



    However, when I run it from the desktop, nothing seems to happen. I tried choosing the 'terminal' option, and also the 'run' option, but neither seems to work.










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      I am trying to create a 'shortcut' that I can pin to my launcher in Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS that will launch an RDesktop session.



      It works fine from the command line thus:



      rdesktop -u UserName -d Domain -g 1024x720 -a 16 ServerName


      I found something close in Terminal command script launcher, but it does not quite work.



      I made the desktop file that contains this (made it executable etc as per the link above):



      [Desktop Entry]
      Version=1.0
      Name=RDP-ServerName
      Comment=Open an RDP session to ServerName
      Exec=rdesktop -u UserName -d Domain -g 1024x720 -a 16 ServerName
      Terminal=true
      Type=Application
      Categories=Utility;Application;


      I figured if I could get it to work from the desktop, then I could somehow pin it to the launcher afterwards?



      However, when I run it from the desktop, nothing seems to happen. I tried choosing the 'terminal' option, and also the 'run' option, but neither seems to work.










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      I am trying to create a 'shortcut' that I can pin to my launcher in Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS that will launch an RDesktop session.



      It works fine from the command line thus:



      rdesktop -u UserName -d Domain -g 1024x720 -a 16 ServerName


      I found something close in Terminal command script launcher, but it does not quite work.



      I made the desktop file that contains this (made it executable etc as per the link above):



      [Desktop Entry]
      Version=1.0
      Name=RDP-ServerName
      Comment=Open an RDP session to ServerName
      Exec=rdesktop -u UserName -d Domain -g 1024x720 -a 16 ServerName
      Terminal=true
      Type=Application
      Categories=Utility;Application;


      I figured if I could get it to work from the desktop, then I could somehow pin it to the launcher afterwards?



      However, when I run it from the desktop, nothing seems to happen. I tried choosing the 'terminal' option, and also the 'run' option, but neither seems to work.







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          You can just copy your *.desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications.



          Or use alacarte application for this.



          sudo apt-get install alacarte





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            For the Exec= line Try /usr/bin/rdesktop as the command to execute. That worked for me when creating a shortcut on my desktop.






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            • This doesn't create a shortcut.
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            You can just copy your *.desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications.



            Or use alacarte application for this.



            sudo apt-get install alacarte





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              You can just copy your *.desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications.



              Or use alacarte application for this.



              sudo apt-get install alacarte





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                You can just copy your *.desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications.



                Or use alacarte application for this.



                sudo apt-get install alacarte





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                You can just copy your *.desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications.



                Or use alacarte application for this.



                sudo apt-get install alacarte






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                    For the Exec= line Try /usr/bin/rdesktop as the command to execute. That worked for me when creating a shortcut on my desktop.






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                    • This doesn't create a shortcut.
                      – guntbert
                      Apr 22 '14 at 9:30















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                    For the Exec= line Try /usr/bin/rdesktop as the command to execute. That worked for me when creating a shortcut on my desktop.






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                      Apr 22 '14 at 9:30













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                    For the Exec= line Try /usr/bin/rdesktop as the command to execute. That worked for me when creating a shortcut on my desktop.






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