On Sun, May 22, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko@greshko.com> wrote:
On 05/23/16 07:07, Alan Evans wrote:

> Or rather, I can rename them, but then I can't access them.
>
> If I create a new file on my F23 KDE desktop, I have no trouble accessing it. But if I
> rename it (right-click, Rename) then try clicking on it again after, I get an error
> dialog: "Unable to run the command specified. The file or folder
> /home/alan/Desktop///<oldname> does not exist." (<oldname> is the name the file was
> before I renamed.)
>
> This is a real bother in the case of folders, because I rename them often. But then I
> can't access them. Everything seems to work from within the File Manager, but fails when
> dealing with Desktop icons.

How are you, and what type of file, are you creating on the desktop.

I just did the following....

Right click on the desktop and selected "Create New--->Link to Application" and then
configured it to start Firefox.  In doing so I gave it the name "Run Firefox" which is how
it appears on the desktop.  I also adjusted the properties to have the FF icon displayed.
I started FF using this desktop file several times.

I then right-clicked on the icon, picked "Rename" and changed it to just "Firefox".  After
that I clicked it again and Firefox started without incident.

I haven't tried a link to an application. In my case:

Right-click on Desktop, Create New --> Folder.
Name the folder "foo".
Click on foo, opens File Manager in foo directory. Close that.
Right-click on foo, Rename. "bar"
Click on bar... Error.
(After reboot, clicking on bar works.)

Same thing happens with Create New --> Text File.

This condition exists in my login and my wife's login, since I'm not sure when.