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• Just returning to this after re-installing Zotero on my machine, and can confirm dstillman's solution on June 4 with the extra backslashes worked for me, i.e., put Exec=bash -c "$(dirname $(realpath $(echo %k | sed -e 's/^file:\\/\\///')))/zotero -…

  in Zotero stopped opening from launcher / application pane Comment by sean.cavany August 7, 2024
• Yes (or at least that's what I would do)

  in Trouble with set_launcher_icon step of zotero installation on Ubuntu 24.04 Comment by sean.cavany May 23, 2024
• Thanks. I was also surprised, but for me it was necessary - I did step 1 first, and it did not work until I copied the zotero.desktop file rather than symlinked it. Not sure why.

  in Zotero stopped opening from launcher / application pane Comment by sean.cavany May 23, 2024
• Hi there, I had a similar problem to you (same error message). I don't think your issue is with the set_launcher_icon step, which just sets the Icon line of the zotero.desktop file, whereas it is the Exec line which is the issue here. You can see m…

  in Trouble with set_launcher_icon step of zotero installation on Ubuntu 24.04 Comment by sean.cavany May 23, 2024
• Hi all, I managed to fix this issue, although I'm still not sure what exactly was causing it. To fix it I did: 1. Changed the Exec field of zotero.desktop to the full path to zotero, in my case: Exec=bash -c /opt/zotero/zotero 2. Copied the zoter…

  in Zotero stopped opening from launcher / application pane Comment by sean.cavany May 23, 2024