Set Wine application icons in Cinnamon or Gnome3
Solution 1
I have the same problem, I made the new directory, and I put the desktop file, but Cinnamon in Ubuntu 13.10 still shows the stupid Windows logo, I was searching in others forums but this one was the closest to my problem.
I'll show you my desktop file for Microsoft Windows
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Microsoft Word 2010
Comment=
Icon=word.png
Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/larry/.PlayOnLinux//wineprefix/Office2010" wine C:\\\\windows\\\\command\\\\start.exe /Unix /home/larry/.PlayOnLinux//wineprefix/Office2010/dosdevices/c:/users/larry/Start\\ Menu/Programs/Microsoft\\ Office/Microsoft\\ Word\\ 2010.lnk
NoDisplay=false
Categories=wine-Programs-Microsoft Office;
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=WINWORD.EXE
Encoding=UTF-8
Solution 2
Create your icon as a png file
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copy an application file from
/usr/share/applications
open it in a text editor
customize it.
You could just copy my template blow, also:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Your App
Comment=Comments shown as tooltip
Exec= wine /path/to/executable
Icon=/path/to/icon.png
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
MimeType=text/plain;
Categories=Wine;Applications;
Propose:
You're icon should be placed on: /usr/share/icons/ownicons
create this directory with
sudo mkdir /usr/share/myicons/
sudo chown yourusername:yourusername /usr/share/myicons/
Look at Gnome Desktop entry specification for more information.
Solution 3
The solutions indicated here do not solve the issue in Cinnamon. This is a bug in Cinnamon which is tracked under https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/issues/581 This issue remains in Cinnamon 2.4.5
With multiple applications running under wine, this issue creates confusion.
Possible workarounds:
- Use a dock (such as docky) where this issue is not seen
- Replace the native wine icons with something more easy on the eyes. If you are mostly using one particular application under wine, this could be the replacement.
For the taskbar icon
sudo mv youricon16x16.png /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/16/wine.png
For the Alt+Tab icon
sudo mv youricon.svg /usr/share/icons/Mint-X/apps/scalable/wine.svg
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nightcrawler
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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nightcrawler almost 2 years
In the above screenshot you can see that I am using a Wine application, Nemo file browser & Firefox, however, I want to use a specific icon for this Wine application too! To be precise I am using PDF Xchange viewer & I want to use its native Windows icon in Cinnamon too!
How can I do that?
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Josh almost 11 yearsI am not sure for cinemon 'cause I don't use it if it is based on gnome this should work perfectly.