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Linuxmint Can't create desktop launcher [SOLVED]
see
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=1578018#p1578018
The bug has been fixed in the source so fingers crossed another cinnamon update will come out fairly quickly.
https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/commit/c42a03a01e988ad6160187c7697425cd99992f08
If not to apply the fix now download the attached patch file
cinnamon-desktop-editor-c42a03a.py.patch
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Then open a terminal in the download folder and run
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sudo patch /usr/share/cinnamon/cinnamon-desktop-editor/cinnamon-desktop-editor.py < cinnamon-desktop-editor-c42a03a.py.patch
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