Hi I have placed the icon on the desktop. When I am at the file system immediately first line below. a few option present themselves i.e. fun in terminal, run .... Question; can I run the aBackup program from that point  line below. and backup an item? explain briefly, Thanks /home/a/Desktop/emblem-symbolic-link.png /media/a/aBackup : opened with notepad,results: [Desktop Entry][Desktop Entry] Name=aBackup Exec=/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh Comment= Terminal=true Type=Application Icon=/usr/share/icons/mate/256x256/emblems/emblem-symbolic-link.png Name=aBackup Exec=/home/a/bin/rsnapshotBackup.sh Comment= Terminal=true Type=Application Icon=/usr/share/icons/mate/256x256/emblems/emblem-symbolic-link.png