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["Christian U." <1241972@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Workaround for basic users:

In a terminal, type:

sudo chmod +x /usr/share/applications
ln -s /usr/share/applications ~/Applications

Then one can go to his home folder, than "Applications", then drag ones
favourite application icons to the desktop. When done, one can delete
"Applications".

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1241972

Title:
  Drag and drop from Dash to Desktop doesn't work

Status in Chromium Browser:
  New
Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Triaged
Status in Unity:
  Triaged
Status in Unity 7.1 series:
  Won't Fix
Status in Unity 7.2 series:
  Triaged
Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in “unity” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  When you try to drag and drop an app from Dash (both from app lens and
  home lens) to Desktop, system display an error and the shortcut isn't
  created.

  The error is:
  Error while copying - There was an error getting information about "/".
  More details: The specified location is not supported

  Then there are four buttons: "Cancel" - "Skip all" - "Skip" - "Retry".

  Way to reproduce:
  - Open the dash
  - Drag an app icon and drop on desktop

  What happend:
  - An error is raised

  What expected:
  - A shortcut is created

  With file, music and photo is all ok.

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