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Update app-menu-shortcut-troubleshooting.mdChange the wine description for Qubes R4.2

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@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ The above image shows that Windows HVMs are also supported (provided that Qubes
What if my application has not been automatically included in the list of available apps?
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Some times applications may not have included a `.desktop` file and may not be detected by `qvm-sync-appmenus`.
Sometimes applications may not have included a `.desktop` file and may not be detected by `qvm-sync-appmenus`.
Other times, you may want to make a web shortcut available from the Qubes start menu.
You can manually create new entries in the "available applications" list of shortcuts for all app qubes based on a template.
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Note that you can create a shortcut that points to a .desktop file in your app qube with e.g. `qvm-run -q -a --service -- personal qubes.StartApp+firefox`.
While this works well for standard applications, creating a menu entry for Windows application running under wine may need an additional step in order to establish the necessary environment in wine. Installing software under wine may create the needed `.desktop` file in the target Linux VM. This file is expected to be in the directory `~/.local/share/applications`, but it may be that it is stored in a subdirectory thereof, determined by the Windows menu structure, where it may not be found. The solution is to copy or move this file from its location to `~/.local/share/applications`. The name of this file has to be the name used in the `.desktop` file in dom0. So if the shortcut in dom0 points to `qvm-run -q -a --service -- personal qubes.StartApp+Excel`, the correspondig file in the AppVM has to be called `Excel.desktop`.
If necessary, you can create the `.desktop` file neeeded to start the wine application manually. For Excel, e.g., it will look like this
~~~
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
X-Qubes-VmName=personal
Icon=/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/Excel.png
Name=Microsoft Excel
Categories=X-Qubes-VM;
Exec=env WINEPREFIX="/home/user/.wine" /usr/bin/wine C:\\\\windows\\\\command\\\\start.exe /Unix /home/user/.wine/dosdevices/c:/users/user/Start\\ Menu/Programs/Microsoft\ Excel.lnk
StartupWMClass=Excel.exe
~~~
The rather complicated line `Exec=...` points to an entry in the Windows menu structure calling Excel, not to the executable itself.
While this works well for standard applications, creating a menu entry for Windows applications running under wine may need an additional step in order to establish the necessary environment in wine. Installing software under wine may create the needed `.desktop` file in the target Linux VM. If the name of this file contains spaces, it will not be found. The solution is to remove these spaces by renaming the desktop file accordingly. Refreshing the menu structure will then build working menu entries.