<3>Adding a launcher shortcut in Gnome 3.x
Example of a shortcut is below, place this in one of two places.

• /usr/share/applications/vlc.desktop
• ~/.local/share/applications/vlc.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=MPlayer
Name[en_US]=MPlayer
GenericName=Media player
Comment=Read, broadcast your multimedia streams
Terminal=false
Icon[en_US]=/opt/SMM/mplayer/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/mplayer.png
Exec=/opt/SMM/mplayer/bin/gmplayer
TryExec=/opt/SMM/mplayer/bin/gmplayer-org
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=/opt/SMM/mplayer/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/mplayer.png
Categories=AudioVideo;Player;Recorder;
Keywords=Player;Capture;DVD;Audio;Video;Server;Broadcast;

An example of a NetBeans shortcut
/usr/share/applications/netbeans.desktop

netbeans.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Netbeans
Icon=/opt/netbeans/nb/netbeans.png
Exec=/opt/netbeans/bin/netbeans --fontsize 22 --laf javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
Comment=Develop with pleasure!
Categories=Development;IDE;
Terminal=false
StartupWMClass=Netbeans

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