Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Axel Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mint Subject: Re: program launchers Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:33:33 +1000 Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: <10sn9ah$11m9i$1@solani.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net zJ0ysAWwDApURJBQff/dCA4bx+33qxJFf6TRDhdm4U8BbxoOlc Cancel-Lock: sha1:fybcxwvj2OpGdlNQjsmnkNyftc4= sha256:TcvT6MLYlqRJeV0TclaVpBeO90MCdFH8NzYy3Ei2mP8= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.23 In-Reply-To: <10sn9ah$11m9i$1@solani.org> Xref: csiph.com alt.os.linux.mint:47269 Monsieur wrote: > Axel wrote: >> Gordon wrote: >>> On 2026-04-27, Axel wrote: >>>> When I add programs to LM I get a generic icon that looks like a >>>> rocket >>>> ship. Is there any way to change it to an icon that represents the >>>> program it's for? Thanks, >>>> >>>> https://auslink.info/linux/launchers.png >>>> >>> Right click on the rocket ship icon and select properties. >>> >>> I have often found that after starting the programme a few times the >>> desktp >>> icon changes from the rocket ship to one aligned with the fresh >>> insatlled >>> programme. >> >> so I right clicked the 'rocket ship' (RS) icon for the program in the >> menu, and chose 'properties'. Then I clicked on the rocket ship icon >> in the Launcher Properties box that appeared and I was able to change >> it to one from the many available in the various categories listed. >> Then I repeated that for each RS program. However the actual programs >> the launchers were for were not listed, so I just chose icons that >> would remind me what the program was. > > If the program is not listed, you can click "browse" and see if > there's an icon available in the directory where the program is > located. Lots of programs have icons available in their folder. > some programs do not have a directory or folders. they're just an app I launch eg. helium-0.6.7.1-x86_64.AppImage, -- Linux Mint 22.3