# How to Icon in Desktop

**URL:** <https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-icon-in-desktop/903>\
**Category:** Enlightenment\
**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-icon-in-desktop/903 "2019-02-01T12:20:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![vesteve58](https://forum.elivelinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/22d042/32.png) [@vesteve58](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/vesteve58)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-icon-in-desktop/903/1 "2019-02-01T12:20:21Z")

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Hi!  
I am new in Linux and Elive, I come from W XP and have a question.

How can I do to get shortcuts to launch documents or programs and foils in screen as wXP?

I have install idesk, but I can not run it, what I am doing wrong?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![gamersalpha](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/gamersalpha/32/2228_2.png) [@gamersalpha](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/gamersalpha)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2019, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-icon-in-desktop/903/2 "2019-02-02T12:03:16Z")

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Hello,

sorry don't understand what u says ?

u want add shortcut on the desktop ?

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**Author:** ![vesteve58](https://forum.elivelinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/22d042/32.png) [@vesteve58](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/vesteve58)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-icon-in-desktop/903/3 "2019-02-03T08:08:57Z")

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Hello,  
Thanks,  
Yes, How to add shortcut on the desktop.  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/user_avatar/forum.elivelinux.org/thanatermesis/32/3_2.png) [@Thanatermesis](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/Thanatermesis)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 10:23pm UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-icon-in-desktop/903/4 "2019-04-06T22:23:15Z")

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Check your Enlightenment preferences, you should have probably in the file-manager section an option to include desktop icons

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**Author:** ![vesteve58](https://forum.elivelinux.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/22d042/32.png) [@vesteve58](https://forum.elivelinux.org/u/vesteve58)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2019, 9:24am UTC](https://forum.elivelinux.org/t/how-to-icon-in-desktop/903/5 "2019-04-12T09:24:11Z")

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Thanks, I will test it