Adding a custom app to the launcher (gnome 3) on Fedora 17

Hey everyone,

A friend asked me about this a few minutes ago, he downloaded Navicat (trial) and he wanted to add Navicat to his launcher.

After some minutes I found this solution:

Step 1:

create a file with a .desktop extension on this path:

/home/<YourUserName>/.local/share/applications/

For example:

/home/mckain/.local/share/applications/mylauncher.desktop

Step 2:

Edit the file you just created and add the following lines:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Exec=’/home/mckain/Downloads/navicat101_mysql_en/start_navicat’
Name=Navicat
Comment=custom launcher for test
NoDisplay=false

Where:

Exec = ‘blah!’ # It is the path of your custom app.
Name = ‘’ #Put whatever you want there, it’s up to you.

Now, this launcher icon will appear in the Activities/Applications list, go there look for it and drag it to your launcher bar.

You are all set! Enjoy it!.

Merry Xmas BTW! :)