Dolphin, .desktop files and .exe files

S Page skierpage at earthlink.net
Sat Feb 2 09:24:14 CET 2008


In Dolphin 4.00.80 installed with kdewin-installer-gui-0.8.5.exe :

1. If I click on a .txt file, I get
   Service 'C:/KDE4/share/applications/kde4/kwrite.desktop' is malformatted.
I have this file, see below.  What's wrong with it?

2. As MrCopilot noted in his excellent blog post 
<http://mrcopilot.blogspot.com/2008/01/can-kde-save-dying-windows-platform.html>,
you can't run a .exe from Dolphin.  If I click on a .exe, Dolphin 
displays a dialog prompting me to select what app to "Open with:".  Is 
there a workaround?

3. How can I bring up the same "Open with" dialog for an image such as a 
.png?  I always get an error
   Service 
'C:/KDE4/share/applications/kde4/okularApplication_kimgio.desktop' is 
malformatted.
I know kdegraphics isn't packaged for MS Windows yet, but I should be 
able to navigate to open this with another app, especially if there's a 
problem with the default.

4. I get a "URL cannot be listed ~" alert at startup and the Home button 
doesn't work.  Is there some way to set this up under MS Windows?


Cheers,
--
=S Page

My kwrite.desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
GenericName=Text Editor
GenericName[af]=Teks Redigeerder
GenericName[ar]=محرر نصوص
GenericName[be]=Тэкставы рэдактар
GenericName[bg]=Текстов редактор
GenericName[bn]=টেক্সট সম্পাদক
GenericName[br]=Aozer skrid
GenericName[ca]=Editor de text
GenericName[cs]=Textový editor
GenericName[csb]=Tekstowi editora
GenericName[cy]=Golygydd Testun
GenericName[da]= Teksteditor
GenericName[de]=Texteditor
GenericName[el]=Επεξεργαστής κειμένου
GenericName[eo]=Teksta redaktilo
GenericName[es]=Editor de texto
GenericName[et]=Tekstiredaktor
GenericName[eu]=Testu editorea
GenericName[fa]=ویرایشگر متن
GenericName[fi]=Tekstieditori
GenericName[fr]=Éditeur de texte
GenericName[fy]=Tekstbewurker
GenericName[ga]=Eagarthóir Téacs
GenericName[gl]=Editor de textos
GenericName[he]=עורך טקסט
GenericName[hi]=पाठ संपादक
GenericName[hr]=Uređivač teksta
GenericName[hu]=Szövegszerkesztő
GenericName[is]=Textaritill
GenericName[it]=Editor di testi
GenericName[ja]=テキストエディタ
GenericName[ka]=ტექსტური რედაქტორი
GenericName[kk]=Мәтін редакторы
GenericName[km]=កម្មវិធី​និពន្ធ​​អត្ថបទ
GenericName[kn]=ಪಠ್ಯ ಸಂಪಾದಕ
GenericName[ko]=텍스트 편집기
GenericName[ku]=Edîtorê Nivîsan
GenericName[lt]=Teksto redaktorius
GenericName[lv]=Teksta redaktors
GenericName[mk]=Уредувач на текст
GenericName[ms]=Penyunting Teks
GenericName[nb]=Skriveprogram
GenericName[nds]=Texteditor
GenericName[ne]=पाठ सम्पादक
GenericName[nl]=Teksteditor
GenericName[nn]=Skriveprogram
GenericName[oc]=Editor de tèxt
GenericName[pa]=ਟੈਕਸਟ ਐਡੀਟਰ
GenericName[pl]=Edytor tekstu
GenericName[pt]=Editor de Texto
GenericName[pt_BR]=Editor de Texto
GenericName[ro]=Editor de text
GenericName[ru]=Текстовый редактор
GenericName[se]=Čállinprográmma
GenericName[sk]=Textový editor
GenericName[sl]=Urejevalnik besedil
GenericName[sr]=Уређивач текста
GenericName[sr at latin]=Uređivač teksta
GenericName[sv]=Texteditor
GenericName[ta]=உரை தொகுப்பாளர்
GenericName[tg]=Муҳаррири матн
GenericName[th]=โปรแกรมแก้ไขข้อความ
GenericName[tr]=Metin Düzenleyici
GenericName[uk]=Редактор текстів
GenericName[uz]=Матн таҳрирчи
GenericName[vi]=Bộ soạn văn bản
GenericName[wa]=Aspougneu di tecse
GenericName[x-test]=xxText Editorxx
GenericName[xh]=Umhleli Wombhalo
GenericName[zh_CN]=文本编辑器
GenericName[zh_TW]=文字編輯器
Name=KWrite
Name[af]=Kskryf
Name[bn]=কে-রাইট
Name[hi]=के-राइट
Name[ka]=რედაქტორი KWrite
Name[kn]=ಕೆರೈಟ್
Name[ne]=केडीई राइट
Name[pa]=ਕੇ-ਲੇਖਕ
Name[ru]=Редактор KWrite
Name[sr]=К‑писање
Name[sr at latin]=K‑pisanje
Name[sv]=Kwrite
Name[tg]=Навиштори K
Name[x-test]=xxKWritexx
MimeType=text/plain;
Exec=kwrite %U
X-KDE-StartupNotify=true
Icon=accessories-text-editor
X-DocPath=kwrite/index.html
Type=Application
Terminal=false
InitialPreference=8
X-DBUS-StartupType=Multi
X-DBUS-ServiceName=org.kate-editor.kwrite
Categories=Qt;KDE;TextEditor;



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