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How do I change the icon of an internet shortcut (to a webpage, not an app), in this case one that will open in Chrome? This change is to be for a specific shortcut, not a global change. If it makes a difference, the URLis http://client.foldingathome.org/ Thank you.

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  • Just edit the launcher (same as shortcut, I guess) and select another icon. It is a text file, so use a text editor.
    – mikewhatever
    Commented Jul 28, 2019 at 19:18
  • First thing I tried was to edit the shortcut's properties. No option to change the icon. Note, this is the Pop OS version of Ubuntu.
    – Steev43230
    Commented Jul 28, 2019 at 19:23
  • Popos is not Ubuntu, and it isn't supported here. Perhaps they use different tech for "shortcuts", who knows.
    – mikewhatever
    Commented Jul 28, 2019 at 19:46
  • Possible duplicate of Create a shortcut for URL?
    – Eliah Kagan
    Commented Aug 1, 2019 at 9:31
  • Refer this: askubuntu.com/a/1181688/534414
    – Akshar Patel
    Commented Oct 17, 2019 at 18:27

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Reset to default
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Taking a hint from Jamie, I abandoned editing the original file, asked Google, and found the answer here.

The new file contains the following text only* and works great.

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=F@H WebCtrl
Type=Link
URL=http://client.foldingathome.org/
Icon=/home/steve/Downloads/cropped-folding-at-home-logo-1-300x300.png

*provided you edit the .desktop file and DO NOT select the icon to Open with Other Application.

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Manually edit the desktop launcher file using a text editor such as nano or gedit:

gedit FoldingClient.desktop

This should load a file starting with [Desktop Entry].

Find the line starting with Icon, or add it if is doesn't exist. You can specify a path to your desired icon:

Icon=/home/user/Pictures/FoldingIcon.png
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  • Thanks, jamieweb. How do I deal with the error, "Could not save the file "client.foldingathome.org" - Cannot handle "http:" locations in write mode. Please check that you typed the location correctly and try again"? P.S. I cannot access the file via Terminal - all I get is a blank file. I can access it by right-click and open with Text editor, but obviously cannot do so as sudo.
    – Steev43230
    Commented Jul 28, 2019 at 20:54
  • Actually, the file starts out (with new icon identified) with <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"/> <title>Local Folding@home Web Control</title> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/home/steve/Downloads/cropped-folding-at-home-logo-1-300x300.png"/> <link rel="canonical" href="http://client.foldingathome.org/"/>
    – Steev43230
    Commented Jul 28, 2019 at 21:04

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