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nautilus package

  1. Bug #1278437
  2. Comment #45

Comment 45 for bug 1278437

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K W (kw23) wrote :

I am also having this issue in 16.04, std/default desktop install.

Here's a work-around. Edit the ~/Desktop/xxxx.desktop file to remove the "URL" entry (e.g. change "URL=http..." to "xxURL=http..."). (Perhaps also need to change the "Type-=Link" line as well -- not sure.) Doing this made the desktop icon movable for me. Once you have the icon where you want it, undo the edits of the *.desktop file.

So it seems to be the presence of the URL entry in the *.desktop file which causes the problem.