in linux mint cinnamon (and most other desktop environments/distros) you can easily right click the programs from the main app menu, and do "add to desktop" and/or "add to panel"
#Changing Icons on Shortcuts
gentle valley
however, that will simply add them with the current icon theme's default icon for that app
if u want to make a super custom one for appearing on the desktop, then u right click, and do "create launcher here" and I believe it lets u click the graphic and choose a distinct icon of your choice
- also see "creating custom .desktop files for applications in linux" using your fave web search
noble pendant
@gentle valley Thanks so much for the help. I'm trying to do one before doing all of them to see if it's possible. I've managed to create one using BASH from ChatGPT which works and by creating a launcher on the Desktop. What I'm trying to do now is to see if I can get the icon to be changed to what I have on the launcher/BASH file to show on the Taskbar as well when running. I hope that makes sense? I hope this whole thing makes sense, haha...
gentle valley
then use a root file manager, (carefully!!) go to /usr/share/applications/ and edit with text editor the existin app's .desktop file there so the icon= line in it points to your custom icon (which should be put into (reside) /usr/share/icons)
noble pendant
then use a root file manager, (carefully!!) go to /usr/share/applications/ and...
I made sure to do this carefully. When opening the program, it's still not getting the icon for some reason. Here's what I have in the Bash file.
Name=Bishop
Exec=/home/kyle/MapleLegends_LINUX_UNOFFICIAL_23Sept2024/maplelegends-windowed.sh
Comment=
Terminal=false
PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true
Icon=/home/kyle/.local/share/icons/bishop.png
Type=Application```