I frequently run a windows program with wine. When I open this program it shows up in the unity launcher as wine instead of the actual opened program.
I have made a desktop launcher with the right icon but dragging this to the unity launcher reverts the icon back to the wineglass icon. When starting the application it's denominated as Wine Windows Program Loader instead of its actual name.
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Note
This workaround requires a working launcher for your Wine application. Here's a tutorial on how to create one. The workaround also applies to applications installed with PlayOnLinux scripts. More recent versions of PlayOnLinux automatically add the StartupWMClass line to their launcher.
Instructions
Open your .desktop launcher in your favorite text editor and append this line to the file:
StartupWMClass=application.exe
where application.exe is the base name of the executable you want to launch in Wine.
Don't use the the full path, only the base name. And make sure it's unqoted (a general rule you should follow with desktop files).
Result
Application icons and descriptions should be rendered fine now:
This is where you will find your icons or place your custom icons in here:
$ cd ~/.local/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/
$ ls
1DF1_PicasaPhotoViewer.0.png
.
.
.
29F5_WINWORD.0.png
850A_EXCEL.0.png
AA79_POWERPNT.0.png
Go to the following directory:
$ cd ~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Microsoft\ Office
$ ls
Microsoft Excel 2010.desktop\
Microsoft Office 2010 Tools\
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.desktop\
Microsoft Word 2010.desktop\
Edit .desktop files:
$ sudo nano Microsoft\ Word\ 2010.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Microsoft Word 2010
.
.
.
Icon=29F5_WINWORD.0.png (or name of icon as in above folder)
You are done!
There are several logged bugs on this issue.
In one of the bugs (post 3), someone has reported a possible workaround. However two further posts below that note that it doesnt always work.
I'm not using Unity, so I really don't know if it will work.
You problem could be beacause of the program launcher. I assume your .desktop file contains Exec=wine '/home/user/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program...' and so on. Try making a bash binary wich contains something like this:
#!/bin/bash
cd '/home/aldomann/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Archivos de programa/Warcraft II BNE'
wine 'Warcraft II BNE.exe'
Name it for instance warcraft2 and move it to /usr/bin (or any PATH variable, wich you can know by typing echo $PATH on the Terminal)
Then in your .desktop file instead of Exec=wine '...' use Exec=warcraft2.
I think Unity will assume this is not a wine program and will use your icon, but it is only conjecture.
Hope it works ;)
By default your Wine apps .desktops are placed on /home/user/.local/share/applications/wine
Instead of modifying an existing .desktop file you can create a new one and place it on /home/user/.local/share/applications.
It should be something like this:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Application
Comment=Comment
Exec=app-binary
Icon=app-icon
Type=Application
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Categories=GTK;Utility
Tip: If you place your icon on /home/user/.icons/ (i.e app-icon.png) you will only have to put Icon=app-icon.
I've written a script to fix this and other problems with MSO in Unity. https://ubuntulogia.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/fix_mso_unity/ It works for me, but any suggestions are welcome. If someone test it and found any improvements, please share it to me. To run the script, you must copy the code in a text file (using gedit, for example), and save it. Then, you must run it using "sh". For example, if you save the file in your Home folder as "fixmso.sh", the command for running the script is: sh fixmso.sh
You can do that really simply over the GUI with a program called alacratz. Here's a pretty simple how-to. Bottom chapter is what your looking for http://develop.alpdesigns.ch/pages/linux/add_exe_program_to_linux.html
You can easily change any installed program in your Ubuntu using "Main Menu" (package name is "alacarte"). You can download it from Software Center by typing "Main Menu" and then:
After doing above steps you will see your new icon in Unity launcher and panel.
Have a nice time.
I had the same issue, and I found out it was because I put the shortcut files (that PlayOnLinux places on the Desktop) into a separate folder. I took them out of the folder and put them on the Desktop and it works fine (the icon is displayed). Hope this helps!
Use Alacarte (the old menu editor, you might need to install it) to create an old style menu entry with an icon and a executable that launches your program. Than search for this via alt + F2 and pin it to the launcher.
