So I can load the program through the terminal by running the application as

sh /path/to/folder/bin/program 

but when I'm trying to make a selectable icon through KDE Menu Editor I get the splash icon for the program but it doesn't load. I can't figure out why this is happening.

I even tried writing a script that runs the program and having KDE Menu Editor point to this script instead as

/path/to/script 

and that doesn't work either. I'm extremely lost. I just get the splash screen and the bouncing icon, and then it hangs.

Why will it run fine through the terminal and not through kde?

So I can load the program through the terminal by running the application as

sh /path/to/folder/bin/program 

but when I'm trying to make a selectable icon through KDE Menu Editor I get the splash icon for the program but it doesn't load. I can't figure out why this is happening.

I even tried writing a script that runs the program and having KDE Menu Editor point to this script instead as

/path/to/script 

and that doesn't work either. I'm extremely lost. I just get the splash screen and the bouncing icon, and then it hangs.

Why will it run fine through the terminal and not through kde?

FIXED Program was MATLAB and the solution was to use an environment

env -u _JAVA_OPTIONS /home/steven/MATLAB/bin/matlab -desktop -nosplash