# KDE desktop script launching

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kde-desktop-script-launching/193266>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 14, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kde-desktop-script-launching/193266 "2010-08-14T12:47:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 12:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/kde-desktop-script-launching/193266/1 "2010-08-14T12:47:58Z")

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okay I’ve got 2 fxruby programs and they run from the command line okay  
but now I want to have it executed from the KDE desktop.

things I’d tried

1. copy konsole (terminal) to the desktop and change settings so that a  
script would run.

2. repeat for 2nd program.

PROBLEM they both share 1 .desktop config settings file.

solved this by copying and renaming the .desktop file  
now I have myscript1.desktop file and myscript2.desktop file each  
pointing to their own directories but they wont work!! From the file  
manager I can right mouse click them and see from the pop-up sub menu  
Open-with the 2 config files and they work there but this is a poor  
second.

PROBLEM

these programs would not execute/launch from the desktop icons!!

SOLUTION?

Found that my moving the .desktop files from  
/home/user/.local/share/applications  
to  
/home/user/.local/share/applications/kde4

I get the action I want namely user clicks on the icon for ruby script  
it gets executed just like a 1st class kde program.

It is by chance that it has a GUI frontend and i get the benefit of  
having NO CLI console visible too so this is equivalent to the .rbw  
files in windows.

Hope this helps someone down the track.

rgds,

Dave.