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What system folder on Ubuntu 12.10 are the main menu .desktop icons stored at???

I am having trouble locating....

WinEunuuchs2Unix
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Mike S.
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  • possible duplicate of [Where are the Unity Launcher .desktop files?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/40931/where-are-the-unity-launcher-desktop-files) – Lucio Mar 21 '14 at 23:47
  • For another great selection of GNOME desktop icons go [here](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/GNOME_Desktop_icons). – Bad Loser Oct 16 '20 at 03:03

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The .desktop link files are stored in /usr/share/applications for software installed for all users, and $HOME/.local/share/applications for things you have installed only for yourself.

The actual icon (image) files are a bit more scattered (since a .desktop file can specify their absolute path), but /usr/share/pixmaps and /usr/share/icons contain a good fraction of them. (icons at $prefix/share/icons/ with required fall-back version in hicolor theme can be loaded without the full path, thus such as Icon=video-display where $prefix can be /usr, /usr/local or ~/.local; See specification at freedesktop.org: Icon Theme Specification )

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chronitis
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    Note that many of the icons don't require a full path--you can just use their name and it works. Example: I found this icon I like here: `/usr/share/icons/gnome/16x16/devices/input-touchpad.png`. So, if I just set the Icon to `Icon=input-touchpad` inside my \*.desktop file, it turns out it works just fine! – Gabriel Staples Jan 24 '21 at 04:24