SUMMARY On my Kubuntu 20.04 desktop I have shortcuts to several folder on my desktop and have chosen my own icons to represent various content. But every time I reboot they revert to the stock blue folder icon. STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Create shortcut to a directory on the desktop 2. Change the icon - in my case to a custom picture my own user's directory 3. Reboot OBSERVED RESULT - The icon for the directory has changed to the stock blue kde directory icon. EXPECTED RESULT - The same custom icon I chose previously SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: 5.18.5 (Kubuntu 20.04) KDE Plasma Version: 5.18.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.68.0 Qt Version: 5.12.8 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Workaround - Right-click desktop icon, choose Properties + Ok - The icon reverts to the custom icon, until next reboot that is.
Same problem. It worked for months, but now desktop just forgots changed icons on boot (and i used KDE colored-folders icons, not personnal icons). Fast workaround : CTRL+A on desktop, then ALT+ENTER, then ENTER.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 439954 ***