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New user to Ubuntu 14.04, and having trouble trying to create desktop icons. When I drag and drop it tells me :

Error while copying.

There was an error getting information about “/”.

Unable to get past this, not sure of the commands to do it through terminal screen.

Any ideas?

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answered 2 Years ago saucdisr · Accepted Answer

To create a launcher on the desktop, run this command:

 gnome-desktop-item-edit /home/<username>/Desktop --create-new

this starts the GUI application for creating new launcher.

In the command field, enter the name of the application, such as nautilus, or select executable from /usr/bin or any other directory.