I think it's a silly question but this issue annoys a bit. This is not a problem to create the shortcut or place it on the taskbar. I can do it.

The issue is this:

• I created a custom .desktop file to start xfreerdp using a script with the appropriate parameters
• I placed this desktop file in the taskbar (see button 1 in the image)
• When I run the shortcut, xfreerdp opens fine, but it's "placed" in a different shortcut in the taskbar (see button 2 in the image)

So... my question is about to avoid this behavior: Can I create a shortcut that is not replaced by another one in the taskbar when the program runs?

The contents of the .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Name=TS
Comment=Open TS
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=/home/user/bin/rdp_xfreerdp.sh
Icon=/usr/share/icons/Humanity/apps/48/gnome-remote-desktop.svg

The contents of the script rdp_xfreerdp.sh:

xfreerdp /v:ts.domain.com \ /d:WG \ /u:user \ /p:$(zenity \ --entry \ --title="Domain Password" \ --text="Enter your _password:" \ --hide-text) \ /size:1290x912 \ /bpp:24 \ /sound \ +clipboard \
&

Thanks

1 Answer

You can achieve this by adding the same VM_CLASS property in both places:

1. StartupWMClass=rdptoserver1 to the desktop file
2. /wm-class:rdptoserver1 to the xfreerdp script

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