Wine 5.0.2 desktop launcher for programs

Question

I installed wine ver 5.0.2 on Ubuntu 20.04. In addition to that I installed Notepad++.

The command:

wine /home/user/.wine/drive_c/'Program Files (x86)'/Notepad++/notepad++.exe

starts Notepad++ correctly.

I tried to create a NotepadPlusPlus.desktop file in the desktop folder. This file is executable (rwxr-xr-x)

[Desktop Entry]
Name=NotepadPlusPlus
Icon=/home/user/pictures/NotepadPlusPlus.png
Exec=wine "/home/user/.wine/drive_c/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe"
Type=Application
Categories=wine;

Clicking this icon does not start the application though. What is wrong with the Exec command?

Answer 1

I tried your setup and it also didn't work for me at first. I got it to work by replacing 'wine' with /usr/bin/wine in the Exec= line. It worked for me after the change.

Answer 2

I found the solution: actually there is a Notepad++.desktop file in the home directory after the Notepad++ installation via wine.

~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/Notepad++.desktop

This file needs to be copied into the Desktop folder and made executable. Then right click the icon on the desktop and select allow launch.

The content of the Notepad++.desktop file

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Notepad++
Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/user/.wine" wine C:\\\\windows\\\\command\\\\start.exe /Unix /home/user/.wine/dosdevices/c:/ProgramData/Microsoft/Windows/Start\\ Menu/Programs/Notepad++.lnk
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Path=/home/user/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++
Icon=1DE5_notepad++.0
StartupWMClass=notepad++.exe