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  • Thanks for the input. I wasn't able to discern if any of the information in ~/.xsession-errors was related to my problem. However running desktop-file-validation showed the error you mentioned plus 2 more errors. As mentioned in my question, I already tried removing the extention and still got the same problem. However I'll try rectifying the other two errors and let you know if that works. The other two errors were caused by a missing semicolon ; at the end of MimeType and Categories. Commented Jun 20, 2012 at 14:09
  • Just verified it to be working. Removing the image extension and adding a semicolon at the end of MimeType and Categories did the trick. I've modified your answer to include the fixed desktop file. Thanks! Commented Jun 20, 2012 at 15:19
  • My images were jpg, I had to convert them to png and remove the filename extension (no absolute path was given). But two of the apps I’ve created still don’t show their icon. Commented Jun 18, 2015 at 16:05
  • Remove the "Terminal=false" line. This appears to be a Unity/GNOME bug. Commented Oct 16, 2017 at 12:28