Bug 364511 - Changing an icon for a file or folder does not function.
Summary: Changing an icon for a file or folder does not function.
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 356237
Alias: None
Product: dolphin
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: 16.12.2
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dolphin Bug Assignee
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Reported: 2016-06-19 15:56 UTC by overdiversifies_pryingly
Modified: 2016-06-20 03:45 UTC (History)
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Description overdiversifies_pryingly 2016-06-19 15:56:45 UTC 
First, I'm sorry if this is a duplicate, I've searched and could not find this exact issue.

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Issue:

When trying to change an icon for a file or folder through the properties menu in Dolphin, the icon does not change.

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Solution:

The problem is because one or all of these files/folders are not created automatically by Dolphin (Dolphin will append errors to ~/.xsessions-errors if these files/folders do not exist):

~/.local/share/applications/
~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
~/.config/mimeapps.list
~/.local/share/mime/
~/.local/share/mime/packages/

Manually creating all these files/folders fixes the issue.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Dolphin.
2. Right click on a folder.
3. Click Properties.
4. Click the icon under General.
5. Select an icon.
6. Click OK.

Actual Results:  
The original icon is still in use.

Expected Results:  
The new icon should be used.

This issue affects every distributions I've tested: Arch Linux, OpenSuse Tumbleweed, Manjaro, KDE Neon.
Comment 1 Christoph Feck 2016-06-20 03:45:23 UTC 
If you are using Plasma 5.6.5, and this is not fixed, please add a comment to bug 356237.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 356237 ***