Version: (using KDE 4.3.0) Compiler: gcc 4.4.1 OS: Linux Installed from: Gentoo Packages First of all: I like to have some often used program links in a folder view on the desktop Now whenever i try to run a shortcut on it for the first time, it asks for confirmation. Imho this is bad, because: 1. Most of them are straight copies from the k-menu thing. Additionally, whenever I copy a shortcut from the menu now, it wants a confirmation, while clicking on it in the menu doesn't. 2. Those programs aren't from any untrustable source. I installed them with the package manager, as the user root, because I trust them. There is no need to ask a second time.
If you drag and drop an application to the destkop, not to a folder view, does it ask you something on click?
I've just tried to drop an application from the kickoff menu. After I've clicked on the new .desktop file and the application simply starts. Can you provide a screenshot of the confirmation dialog?
The confirmation dialog progress was tracked at bug 73865.
Created attachment 35874 [details] Requested screenshot of confirm dialog
Dragging it onto the desktop doesn't ask for confirmation. A desktop file dragged into any folder in dolphin also asks.
Additional note: dragging into folder view, and then dragging from folder-view onto desktop also asks for confirmation.
Some more occasions when I find this dialog annoying: I use to write .desktop files for some open-source games. It even wants me to confirm to run my newly written ones Also, when installing some windows-game in wine, it usually creates a desktop entry, which also want confirmation
If the .desktop file is allowed for other reasons then KDE should probably ensure the +x bit is set when copying the file (this could be called a KDE bug perhaps) If you write your own .desktop files, and you want them to be executable, you must make them executable just like any other application (you can use Dolphin, Konqueror, or even plain chmod for this). KDE and GNOME didn't use to check for this, an issue now fixed.
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