Comment 5 for bug 214170

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Alexander Jones (alex-weej) wrote : Re: Links not working when url contains parameters (quotation mark)

As gnome-open $url works fine, I conclude that whatever it is that handles .desktop files at fault.

gnome-open test.desktop does not do anything, as there is no MIME handler for the type. Presumably, then, Nautilus is short-circuiting. So Nautilus is at fault, by my judgement.