Fedora 17, how to make launchers on desktop?

ummagumma · #1 26th June 2012, 05:22 PM

Hi guys, trying F17 out but I can't for the life of me get a launcher/shortcut onto the desktop?

I want to be able to launch an app without opening the side menu or typing into that search bar

also is there a way to get a right-click menu to come up, like previous versions, so you can create folders & do things?

thx!!

steelaworkn · #2 26th June 2012, 05:35 PM

So, are you using Gnome or KDE or another desktop UI?

ummagumma · #3 26th June 2012, 06:02 PM

ps -ef | grep gnome

brought up a lot more stuff than

ps -ef | grep kde

so I assume it's gnome

I just downloaded the 64bit F17 iso & installed it so I guess it uses gnome by default

cheers

nonamedotc · #4 26th June 2012, 09:31 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ummagumma

I just downloaded the 64bit F17 iso & installed it so I guess it uses gnome by default

cheers

Excellent. Do the following

Code:

yum install gnome-tweak-tool

Under Desktop, toggle 'Have file manager handle desktop' to ON. This will restore functionality to the desktop. Hope this helps.

ummagumma · #5 27th June 2012, 03:45 PM

hey, that did the trick!!

thanks a lot....I will have a beer in your honour

cliver · #6 24th October 2012, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nonamedotc

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Excellent. Do the following

Code:

yum install gnome-tweak-tool

Under Desktop, toggle 'Have file manager handle desktop' to ON. This will restore functionality to the desktop. Hope this helps.

Sorry to raise an old thread from the dead but I searched for my problem and found this which looks like an answer. However, I have installed gnome-tweak-tool as per instructions but I'm not sure what tyo do next as in "Under Desktop, toggle 'Have file manager handle desktop' to ON. This will restore functionality to the desktop. Hope this help"
Am I supposed to run gnome-tweak-tool to toggle the settings? If so where does it run from, I can't find it's .exe anywhere and it hasn't come up in my applications list.
If not can you explain a bit more for a newbie please/

Regards
Clive

nonamedotc · #7 24th October 2012, 01:37 PM

To launch gnome-tweak-tool, you can either go to the "Activities" tab and choose "Advanced Settings" or ALT+F2 and type gnome-tweak-tool.

See the screenshot for gnome-tweak-tool.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/album....pictureid=1383

Hope this helps. Welcome to the forum!

cliver · #8 24th October 2012, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nonamedotc

To launch gnome-tweak-tool, you can either go to the "Activities" tab and choose "Advanced Settings" or ALT+F2 and type gnome-tweak-tool.

Hope this helps. Welcome to the forum!

Ah, brilliant. Many thanks for the quick reply nonamedotc

The mysteries of Linux unfold slowly for me

nonamedotc · #9 24th October 2012, 01:47 PM

Glad it helped! Cheers!