Desktop Link Dupe Issue

[John R. Sowden]

On 07/30/2014 09:29 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 30 July 2014 15:51, John R. Sowden <jsowden at americansentry.net> wrote:
>> Tried this in xubuntu-no response.  This should not be an xubuntu specific
>> issue.
>>
>> I have a link called GnuCash_SentryDemo, and another link called GNUuCash.
>> Each has a different execution command.
>
> By link do you mean .desktop files?  If so, what have you got for
> Name= in the two files?
>
> If not .desktop files then what?
>
> Colin
>
>>
>> One is in a sub-directory in the desktop directory.  The other is in the
>> desktop directory.
>>
>> In properties, the link name and the command line are both different.
>>
>> When I attempt to move the one in the /desktop/accounts, I get a duplicate
>> error, suggesting that I replace the old one with the new one.
>>
>> How do I make these different.  One link is for a demo, a sandbox where I
>> can try different posting situations, and the other is the previous display
>> year accounting.  I expect to have multiple icons for gnucash on the screen
>> in the future.
>>
>> John
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I do not see a .desktop file.  I only see a Desktop directory after 
/home/john (where all of the files on my desktop are stored)

John