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Yeah, this is bugging me! I am new to Linux, but I have already changed my wallpaper. Wanted to change it again, but the option is not there. I have seen these screens before so I know it was working. But now I have no Desktop Preferences option on the menu. What to do....

I tried the chmod deal already, and checking permissions through the gui reports what I expected.

I did change the exec line to something bogus and it bitches about it when I run it, so it is obviously trying. I'm looking into that a little closer.

It's driving me nuts! The script is working perfectly, but the desktop icon just doesn't. Oh well, I'll just command line it and go learn some more.

OK, now I have another problem that I don't understand. The shortcut worked like a charm. (Thanks again) But I noticed my script was not disconnecting from the VPN. I edited the script only prepending sudo to the existing line 'vpnc-disconnect'. When I saved the file I noticed the screen refreshed a...

Thanks! I'll play around with this when I get off work.

Edit: Couldn't wait! This works perfectly!!! Thanks M_Mynaardt

Is there a way to make a Windows style desktop shortcut to run a shell script? I made script to start the VPN, connect to a remote desktop and shut down VPN when finished. It works great via command line. But it would be nice to just click an icon. I am new to Linux so I don't know a whole lot. :oop...