From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 1/5/2026 4:08 AM, Jeff Layman wrote:   
      
   >   
   > When I used Windows, everything.exe was one of the first utilities I   
   installed as it was so fast.   
   >   
   > One thing Windows does (did? I stopped using it 10 years ago) better than   
   Linux was finding the *.exe file of an app from the start menu. I think it was   
   available from a right-click on the program name. But the Linux Mint menu   
   doesn't have that    
   facility (why not?). If you right click on a menu item you can choose   
   "Properties" and an info box "Launcher properties" pops up. This has a   
   "Command" line showing the name of the app and "Browse". I thought this would   
   have linked to the binary which    
   launched the app, but all it does is open the file manager at "Choose a   
   command" with home/.bluefish highlighted no matter what app you originally   
   left-clicked on.   
   >   
   > Perhaps the explanation is in the Mint forum somewhere, but...   
   >   
      
   Windows shortcuts (with icon), have a small amount of info   
   in them with a path and arguments, and that allows launching   
   something which is not "in the current place".   
      
      Paul   
      
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