How to Move Desktop Launcher Installed by Play-on-Linux to Task Manager

[mxsolutions]

I installed a Win program using Play-on-Linux, which automatically added a launcher icon to the desktop.

I prefer not to have icons on my desktop.

How can I move this launcher to the task manager bar so its icon sits along side the other icons for dedicated Linux programs?

[JayM]

Would need your Quick System Info to help you with that. It may be different in KDE than in Xfce.

[kc1di]

I installed a Win program using Play-on-Linux, which automatically added a launcher icon to the desktop.

I prefer not to have icons on my desktop.

How can I move this launcher to the task manager bar so its icon sits along side the other icons for dedicated Linux programs?

In the past I have made a new Folder in my /home directory call it windows or whatever you want.
and cut and copied the .desktop file created by the Play on Linux installer (which is found in the Desktop folder) there. Then I create a new lunch Icon in the menu (Depending on which Desktop you are using it will be a bit different) but on KDE you just right click on a menu and select edit applications and change or create a new menu Item, from there you can usually add it to the panel if you want.
The actual command to launch the program is found in the .desktop file under EXEC= That is command you want to put in your menu Item and you may have to track down an Icon for it.
Good luck.
P.S. the procedure is approximately the same on XFCE.

[mxsolutions]

Yes, that works fine in KDE. The command line can be cut and paste from the desktop icon's Properties into Edit Applications > New Item, under whatever category you select. Then it appears in the main menu from where it can be right clicked and pinned to the task manager bar.

But I just get a generic icon with a question mark. How can I make the app''s official icon display in the task manager bar?

[Eadwine Rose]

Please, again, share your quick system info.

[mxsolutions]

Excuse me for being shy, but I prefer not to post details regarding my setup and peripherals online. Thank you for your understanding.

The question is pretty generic I think. How do I assign an icon to an existing launcher in the task manager bar for a Windows app installed via PlayOnLinux? I already mentioned I am using KDE.

[Eadwine Rose]

It filters private stuff.

I will move to the KDE forum.

[markol]

I don't know about PlayOnLinux, but Wine creates entries in the menu. There you can right-click it and click "Pin to Taskbar"
Or you can just start the app via desktop launcher and - if the app is not full screen - then right-click on the icon in Taskbar and click "Pin to Taskbar"

You can remove the desktop shortcut after :)

[kc1di]

Like I said in my original post you may have to find an Icon of your choice and download it and use it or you can try opening the playonlinux .desktop file and copy the one they have listed under ICON= either way would work.

[mxsolutions]

Yes. but I already have the icon. What I would like to know is how I get it to appear in the task manager bar instead of the generic gray-on-white question mark.