DESKTOP File Extension
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What is the .DESKTOP file type?
The .desktop filename extension is used in modern GUI-based desktop environments like GNOME, KDE, Unity etc., primarily on GNU/Linux systems to denote application launcher shortcut files. It is not a distinct file format, yet a specially treated file type.
DESKTOP files are plaintext (mainly Unicode-encoded) files that can be opened and edited with a text editor. A .desktop file would normally contain several text lines that through a series of assignment statements define the look, if-clicked behavior, command-line options, tooltip contents, application category etc.
A Linux GUI desktop environment would treat .desktop files as application shortcuts (similar to binary .lnk files in MS Windows), concealing the .desktop extension. To serve in such capacity, a .desktop file must have the "x" (executable) attribute set, otherwise it will be treated as a text file. Within a usual desktop setup, .desktop files for all installed applications are located at the "/usr/share/applications/" directory.
DESKTOP files are not to be confused with symbolic or hard links as such files are only GUI abstraction types contrived for convenience.
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