.desktop-file for Spotify under Wine

[Gabbsmo]

I want a .desktop-file to launch Spotify with under wine. This is my code:

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Spotify
Exec=wine C:\\Program\\Spotify\\spotify.exe
Terminal=false
Categories=AudioVideo;

"wine C:\\Program\\Spotify\\spotify.exe" works fine from the terminal, but not from the menu :/

[maces]

Hi

Tried with xterm? "xterm -e wine C:\\Program\\Spotify\\spotify.exe".

maces

[Marty Jack]

The problem is the \\ don't survive as long as they need to. My first impression is that this is mishandled in menu-cached. Testing indicates that replacing each \\ with \\\\ should serve as a workaround. I will look into how quoting should work, and eventually you might have to change it back if we fix something.

Would you have tried this .desktop file with another desktop (KDE, Gnome, Xfce) and does it work there?

[Marty Jack]

For future reference: Apparently, the quadruple backslash is the proper way to express this. See

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+sour ... bug/335712

[jeevs]

To create a desktop icon for the game SPOTIFY,
create a shell script with the name "spotify.sh" and with the following code.

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cd $HOME/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Spotify
wine spotify.exe

Now create a ".desktop" file on the desktop with the name "spotify.desktop"

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Sudoku
Exec={Complete Path To}/spotify.sh
Icon={Complete Path To}/Spotify.jpeg
Terminal=false

While specifying the complete path in the ".desktop" file, don't use any shortcuts like "~/" or "$HOME" etc....
They don't work here.
Specify the complete path starting from "/"