Desktop icon

nano /usr/share/applications/name.desktop

# PASTE the following /usr/share/applications/name.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=name
Comment=comment
Exec=name_shortcut
Icon=/path/folder/icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;
StartupNotify=true

Short cuts Linux

touch /usr/bin/name
chmod 755 /usr/bin/name

# PASTE the following in /usr/bin/name

#!/bin/sh
export DIR_HOME="/path/folder"
 
$DIR_HOME/name $*