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  • I did that, I can see the icon under applications, but when I click the app does not start, the cursor only changes to a loading symbol for a few seconds. No error message. Commented Dec 1, 2013 at 8:49
  • @mart Can you tell us which application you are trying to add a launcher for? Commented Dec 1, 2013 at 11:21
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    FTL - an indie game I bought somewhere on the web. Starting from Console works. Commented Dec 1, 2013 at 15:12
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    @mart <path>/.FTL would point to a hidden file called .FTL, which is not the same as ./FTL, which points to a file called FTL in the current directory. You can try to launch FTL via /full/path/path/to/FTL in a terminal to see if you get any meaningfull error output. For instance, if the executable searches for libraries in the current working directory, you might have to do a launcher script which does something along the lines of pushd <path>; ./FTL; popd and point the Exec specifier in the desktop file to the launcher script instead. Commented Dec 1, 2013 at 16:35
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    correction: it works from inside the directory Commented Dec 1, 2013 at 20:36