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Re: Changing desktop icons

dummy@example.com (ToZ) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:45:12 +0000

Hmmm. I'm using 4.8 (xfdesktop4 version 4.8.3) and it is clickable for me (Xubuntu 12.04).

The other way is to edit the appropriate desktop file in ~/Desktop and manually change the "icon=" field.

Re: Changing desktop icons

dummy@example.com (userzero) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:51:59 +0000

Xfce 4.8. The icon pic in properties isn't clickable, I think that changed in 4.10.

Re: Changing desktop icons

dummy@example.com (ToZ) — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:41:03 +0000

What version of Xfce?

If you right-click the desktop icon and choose "properties", you will notice a picture of the current icon on the General tab. Click on that image and select the icon you want.

Changing desktop icons

dummy@example.com (userzero) — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:12:36 +0000

Hi All,

I can't seem to figure out how to customize desktop icons. If say, the iceweasel icon is on one of the panels I can change the default icon to one of my own, but just not when the icons are on the desktop.

Thanks,