Blender .desktop file does not have "allow launching" as an option when right clicked in Ubuntu Focal Fossa

Question

Just downloaded blender, and I see the .desktop file in the downloaded folder. When I try to allow launching the option just isn't there. I have allow executing file as program checked as well. My other programs did not have this issue and allowed launching without a problem. Not really sure what to do. OS is Ubuntu 20.04 Focal Fossa

I downloaded the files of off the official blender.org website. I can run the software by running the executable file that was downloaded with everything else. My problem is entirely with the .desktop file not being able to execute the file. I have updated the Exec= to /home/MY NAME/Documents/blender files/blender %f I changed the original name of the folder so that I could type it easier. I have the blender files folder in Documents so I don't know why it isn't seeing it.

List of files:drwx------ 2 name name 4096 Jul 7 20:35 .

drwxr-xr-x 30 name name 4096 Jul  7 21:07 ..
-rwxr-xr-x  1 name name 5661 Jul  7 20:35 blender.desktop
-rw-------  1 name name  320 Jun 20 17:00 chrome-fahmaaghhglfmonjliepjlchgpgfmobi-Default.desktop
-rw-rw-r--  1 name name    0 Jun 20 16:53 mimeapps.list
-rw-rw-r--  1 name name   13 Jul  2 02:19 mimeinfo.cache
drwx------  2 name name 4096 Jul  7 20:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 30 name name 4096 Jul  7 21:07 ..
-rwxr-xr-x  1 name name 5661 Jul  7 20:35 blender.desktop
-rw-------  1 name name  320 Jun 20 17:00 chrome-fahmaaghhglfmonjliepjlchgpgfmobi-Default.desktop
-rw-rw-r--  1 name name    0 Jun 20 16:53 mimeapps.list
-rw-rw-r--  1 name name   13 Jul  2 02:19 mimeinfo.cache

List of files: cat ~/.local/share/applications/blender.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Blender
GenericName=3D modeler
GenericName[ar]=3D المنمذج ثلاثي الأبعاد
GenericName[ca]=Modelador 3D
GenericName[cs]=3D modelování
GenericName[da]=3D-modellering
GenericName[de]=3D-Modellierer
GenericName[el]=Μοντελοποιητής 3D
GenericName[es]=Modelador 3D
GenericName[et]=3D modelleerija
GenericName[fi]=3D-mallintaja
GenericName[fr]=Modeleur 3D
GenericName[gl]=Modelador 3D
GenericName[hu]=3D modellező
GenericName[it]=Modellatore 3D
GenericName[ja]=3D モデラー
GenericName[lt]=3D modeliavimas
GenericName[nb]=3D-modellering
GenericName[nl]=3D-modeller
GenericName[pl]=Modelowanie 3D
GenericName[pt_BR]=Modelador 3D
GenericName[ro]=Arhitect 3D
GenericName[ru]=Редактор 3D-моделей
GenericName[tr]=3D modelleyici
GenericName[uk]=Редактор 3D-моделей
GenericName[wa]=Modeleu 3D
GenericName[zh_CN]=3D 建模
GenericName[zh_TW]=3D 模型
Comment=3D modeling, animation, rendering and post-production
Comment[ar]=3D النمذجة، الرسوم المتحركة، والتجسيد، وما بعد الإنتاج
Comment[ast]=Modeláu 3D, animación, renderizáu y postproducción
Comment[eu]=3D modelatzea, animazioa, errendatzea eta post-produkzioa
Comment[be]=Праграма прасторавага мадэлявання, анімацыі, апрацоўкі відэа і давядзення відэапрадукцыі
Comment[bn]=ত্রিমাত্রিক মডেল, অ্যানিমেশন, রেন্ডারিং এবং পোস্ট-উৎপাদন
Comment[bs]=3D modeliranje, animacija, obrada i postprodukcija
Comment[bg]=3D моделиране, анимиране, рендиране и пост-продукция
Comment[ca]=Modelat 3D, animació, renderització i post-producció
Comment[ca@valencia]=Modelat 3D, animació, renderització i post-producció
Comment[crh]=3B modelleme, animasyon, işleme ve son üretim
Comment[cs]=3D modelování, animace, rederování a postprodukce
Comment[da]=3D-modellering, animation, rendering og efterbehandling
Comment[de]=3D-Modellierung, Animation, Rendering und Nachbearbeitung
Comment[nl]=3d-modelleren, animeren, renderen en post-productie
Comment[el]=Μοντελοποίηση 3D, κινούμενα σχέδια, αποτύπωση και οργάνωση διαδικασίας μετά-την-παραγωγή
Comment[eo]=3D-modelado, animacio, renderado kaj postproduktado
Comment[es]=Modelado 3D, animación, renderizado y post-producción
Comment[et]=Kolmemõõtmeline modelleerimine, animeerimine, esitlemine ja järeltöötlemine
Comment[fi]=3D-mallinnus, -animaatiot, -renderöinti ja -tuotanto
Comment[fr]=Modélisation 3D, animation, rendu et post-production
Comment[fr_CA]=Modélisation 3D, animation, rendu et post-production
Comment[gl]=Modelado 3D, animación, renderizado e postprodución
Comment[hu]=3D modellek és animációk létrehozása és szerkesztése
Comment[is]=Þrívíddarmódel, hreyfimyndir, myndgerð og frágangur myndskeiða
Comment[it]=Modellazione 3D, animazione, rendering e post-produzione
Comment[ja]=3Dモデリング、アニメーション、レンダリング、ポストプロダクションのツール
Comment[ko]=3D There was just korean text here, it told me to remove
Comment[lt]=3D modeliavimas, animacijų kūrimas, atvaizdavimas ir tobulinimas
Comment[lv]=3D modelēšana, animācija, renderēšana un pēcapstrāde
Comment[ms]=Pemodelan, animasi, penerapan dan post-produksi 3D
Comment[nb]=3D-modellering, animasjon, rendering og postproduksjon
Comment[oc]=Modelizacion 3D, animacion, rendut e post-produccion
Comment[pl]=Modelowanie 3D, animacja, renderowanie i postprodukcja
Comment[pt]=Modelação 3D, animação, renderização e pós-produção
Comment[pt_BR]=Modelagem 3D, animação, renderização e pós-produção
Comment[ro]=Modelare, animare, afișare și post-producție 3D
Comment[ru]=3D-моделирование, анимация, рендеринг и компоновка
Comment[sl]=3D modeliranje, animacija, izrisovanje in nadaljnje obdelovanje
Comment[sq]=Animacion i modeleve 3D, rregullim dhe më pas prodhim
Comment[sr]=3Д моделовање, анимација, исцртавање и постпродукција
Comment[sv]=3d-modellering, animering, rendering och efterbehandling
Comment[ta]=முப்பரிமாண ஒப்புருவாக்கம், அசைவூட்டம், காட்சியாக்கம் மற்றும் உருவாக்கத்துக்கு பிந்தைய செயல்பாடுகள்
Comment[tg]=Моделсозии 3D, аниматсия, пешниҳод ва истеҳсоли баъдӣ
Comment[tr]=3B modelleme, animasyon, işleme ve son üretim
Comment[uk]=Програма просторового моделювання, анімації, обробки відео та доведення відеопродуктів
Comment[vi]=Tạo hình mẫu 3D, hoạt họa, dựng hình và các công việc hậu kỳ
Comment[wa]=Modelaedje 3D, animåcion, rindou eyet après-produccion
Comment[zh_HK]=3D 模型、動畫、算圖和後製
Comment[zh_CN]=3D 建模、动画、渲染和后期制作
Comment[zh_TW]=3D 模型、動畫、算圖和後製
Keywords=3d;cg;modeling;animation;painting;sculpting;texturing;video editing;video tracking;rendering;render engine;cycles;game engine;python;
Exec=Exec=/home/name/Documents/blender/blender %f
Icon=Icon=/home/name/Documents/blender/blender.svg
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Graphics;3DGraphics;
MimeType=application/x-blender;

List of Files: ls -al ~/Documents/blender

total 199584
drwxrwxr-x  4 name name      4096 Jul  7 14:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 18 name name      4096 Jul  7 21:05 ..
drwxrwxr-x  5 name name      4096 Jul  7 14:43 2.83
-rwxr-xr-x  1 name name 204222728 Jun 25 06:34 blender
-rwxr-xr-x  1 name name       713 Jun 16 09:01 blender-softwaregl
-rw-r--r--  1 name name      1732 Jun 16 09:01 blender.svg
-rw-r--r--  1 name name      3874 Jun 16 09:01 blender-symbolic.svg
-rwxr-xr-x  1 name name      5340 Jun 16 09:01 blender-thumbnailer.py
-rw-r--r--  1 name name      4765 Jun 16 09:01 copyright.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 name name     35147 Jun 16 09:01 GPL3-license.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 name name     17997 Jun 16 09:01 GPL-license.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 name name      1591 Jun 16 09:01 jemalloc-license.txt
drwxrwxr-x  2 name name      4096 Jul  7 14:43 lib
-rw-r--r--  1 name name      4947 Jun 16 09:01 LICENSE-bfont.ttf.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 name name      3537 Jun 16 09:01 LICENSE-bmonofont-i18n.ttf.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 name name      4547 Jun 16 09:01 LICENSE-droidsans.ttf.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 name name      1520 Jun 16 09:01 ocio-license.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 name name      2396 Jun 16 09:01 Python-license.txt
-rw-r--r--  1 name name      5200 Jun 25 06:32 readme.html

Full content of .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Blender
GenericName=3D modeler
GenericName[ar]=3D المنمذج ثلاثي الأبعاد
GenericName[ca]=Modelador 3D
GenericName[cs]=3D modelování
GenericName[da]=3D-modellering
GenericName[de]=3D-Modellierer
GenericName[el]=Μοντελοποιητής 3D
GenericName[es]=Modelador 3D
GenericName[et]=3D modelleerija
GenericName[fi]=3D-mallintaja
GenericName[fr]=Modeleur 3D
GenericName[gl]=Modelador 3D
GenericName[hu]=3D modellező
GenericName[it]=Modellatore 3D
GenericName[ja]=3D モデラー
GenericName[lt]=3D modeliavimas
GenericName[nb]=3D-modellering
GenericName[nl]=3D-modeller
GenericName[pl]=Modelowanie 3D
GenericName[pt_BR]=Modelador 3D
GenericName[ro]=Arhitect 3D
GenericName[ru]=Редактор 3D-моделей
GenericName[tr]=3D modelleyici
GenericName[uk]=Редактор 3D-моделей
GenericName[wa]=Modeleu 3D
GenericName[zh_CN]=3D 建模
GenericName[zh_TW]=3D 模型
Comment=3D modeling, animation, rendering and post-production
Comment[ar]=3D النمذجة، الرسوم المتحركة، والتجسيد، وما بعد الإنتاج
Comment[ast]=Modeláu 3D, animación, renderizáu y postproducción
Comment[eu]=3D modelatzea, animazioa, errendatzea eta post-produkzioa
Comment[be]=Праграма прасторавага мадэлявання, анімацыі, апрацоўкі відэа і давядзення відэапрадукцыі
Comment[bn]=ত্রিমাত্রিক মডেল, অ্যানিমেশন, রেন্ডারিং এবং পোস্ট-উৎপাদন
Comment[bs]=3D modeliranje, animacija, obrada i postprodukcija
Comment[bg]=3D моделиране, анимиране, рендиране и пост-продукция
Comment[ca]=Modelat 3D, animació, renderització i post-producció
Comment[ca@valencia]=Modelat 3D, animació, renderització i post-producció
Comment[crh]=3B modelleme, animasyon, işleme ve son üretim
Comment[cs]=3D modelování, animace, rederování a postprodukce
Comment[da]=3D-modellering, animation, rendering og efterbehandling
Comment[de]=3D-Modellierung, Animation, Rendering und Nachbearbeitung
Comment[nl]=3d-modelleren, animeren, renderen en post-productie
Comment[el]=Μοντελοποίηση 3D, κινούμενα σχέδια, αποτύπωση και οργάνωση διαδικασίας μετά-την-παραγωγή
Comment[eo]=3D-modelado, animacio, renderado kaj postproduktado
Comment[es]=Modelado 3D, animación, renderizado y post-producción
Comment[et]=Kolmemõõtmeline modelleerimine, animeerimine, esitlemine ja järeltöötlemine
Comment[fi]=3D-mallinnus, -animaatiot, -renderöinti ja -tuotanto
Comment[fr]=Modélisation 3D, animation, rendu et post-production
Comment[fr_CA]=Modélisation 3D, animation, rendu et post-production
Comment[gl]=Modelado 3D, animación, renderizado e postprodución
Comment[hu]=3D modellek és animációk létrehozása és szerkesztése
Comment[is]=Þrívíddarmódel, hreyfimyndir, myndgerð og frágangur myndskeiða
Comment[it]=Modellazione 3D, animazione, rendering e post-produzione
Comment[ja]=3D japanese that i had to remove
Comment[ko]=3D korean that i had to remove
Comment[lt]=3D modeliavimas, animacijų kūrimas, atvaizdavimas ir tobulinimas
Comment[lv]=3D modelēšana, animācija, renderēšana un pēcapstrāde
Comment[ms]=Pemodelan, animasi, penerapan dan post-produksi 3D
Comment[nb]=3D-modellering, animasjon, rendering og postproduksjon
Comment[oc]=Modelizacion 3D, animacion, rendut e post-produccion
Comment[pl]=Modelowanie 3D, animacja, renderowanie i postprodukcja
Comment[pt]=Modelação 3D, animação, renderização e pós-produção
Comment[pt_BR]=Modelagem 3D, animação, renderização e pós-produção
Comment[ro]=Modelare, animare, afișare și post-producție 3D
Comment[ru]=3D-моделирование, анимация, рендеринг и компоновка
Comment[sl]=3D modeliranje, animacija, izrisovanje in nadaljnje obdelovanje
Comment[sq]=Animacion i modeleve 3D, rregullim dhe më pas prodhim
Comment[sr]=3Д моделовање, анимација, исцртавање и постпродукција
Comment[sv]=3d-modellering, animering, rendering och efterbehandling
Comment[ta]=முப்பரிமாண ஒப்புருவாக்கம், அசைவூட்டம், காட்சியாக்கம் மற்றும் உருவாக்கத்துக்கு பிந்தைய செயல்பாடுகள்
Comment[tg]=Моделсозии 3D, аниматсия, пешниҳод ва истеҳсоли баъдӣ
Comment[tr]=3B modelleme, animasyon, işleme ve son üretim
Comment[uk]=Програма просторового моделювання, анімації, обробки відео та доведення відеопродуктів
Comment[vi]=Tạo hình mẫu 3D, hoạt họa, dựng hình và các công việc hậu kỳ
Comment[wa]=Modelaedje 3D, animåcion, rindou eyet après-produccion
Comment[zh_HK]=3D asian language that i had to remove
Comment[zh_CN]=3D asian language that i had to remove
Comment[zh_TW]=3D asian language that i had to remove
Keywords=3d;cg;modeling;animation;painting;sculpting;texturing;video editing;video tracking;rendering;render engine;cycles;game engine;python;
Exec=/home/MY NAME/Documents/blender files/blender %f
Icon=/home/MY NAME/Documents/blender files/blender.svg
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Graphics;3DGraphics;
MimeType=application/x-blender;

Answer 1

Move the Blender .desktop file into ~/.local/share/applications and you'll be able to launch Bender the standard way, with the Super key.

To start Blender, hit the Super key, type blender, hit ENTER. Then when the icon appears in the dock, right-click on the icon and select Add to favorites.

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Note: You will have to edit the .desktop file Exec= line to properly show the full path to the Blender binary file. You can also edit the Icon= line to properly show the full path to the blender.svg icon file.

Example:

Exec=/home/adam/Documents/blender-2.83.1-linux64/blender %f
Icon=/home/adam/Documents/blender-2.83.1-linux64/blender.svg

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Note: Mark the properties as such...

Update #1:

You didn't do the edits to the .desktop file correctly. First you had a path with a space "blender files". Now you have double command strings. That's why it doesn't work.

You have:

Exec=Exec=/home/adam/Documents/blender/blender %f
Icon=Icon=/home/adam/Documents/blender/blender.svg

It should be:

Exec=/home/adam/Documents/blender/blender %f
Icon=/home/adam/Documents/blender/blender.svg