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Linux Mint - Just created launcher does not show on MATE desktop but is in ls listing

I created a launcher by right-clicking on my Desktop, filled in the fields and saved it. But it didn't appear on my Desktop. So I opened Caja and it did not show there either. So I opened a terminal and did ll and it is in the list. I counted all the files and indeed there was one more in the terminal list than there was in the Caja list.

So I did mv xxx.desktop FolderA in the terminal window and then opened FolderA with Caja and the file showed there. Then I drug its icon from the Caja window to my Desktop and then it was really there in all views.

This has happened twice tonight.

Is this a bug? What am I missing?

EDIT: moved this question to http://unix.stackexchange.com ...

Solution

  • Hitting F5 to refresh the Desktop causes the missing icon to appear.

    I think this is still a bug though.