How to make the Tor desktop entry functional

Question

I have downloaded Tor for Ubuntu 20.04, but the desktop entry:

#!/usr/bin/env ./Browser/execdesktop
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Tor Browser
GenericName=Web Browser
Comment=Tor Browser is +1 for privacy and −1 for mass surveillance
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;Security;
Exec=sh -c '"/home/belal/Desktop/Browser/start-tor-browser" --detach || ([ !  ->
X-TorBrowser-ExecShell=./Browser/start-tor-browser --detach
Icon=/home/belal/Desktop/Browser/browser/chrome/icons/default/default128.png
StartupWMClass=Tor Browser

Doesn't work even after changing execution Permission, I can run the script from the terminal, but I do like to make it work as a Desktop Entry if possible.

I get the Error:

Can you please tell me how can I fix that please? thanks in advance.

@Nmath it is included in the desktop entry from the [Tor](https://www.torproject.org/dist/torbrowser/11.5.4/tor-browser-linux64-11.5.4_en-US.tar.xz) package. — Bilal, Oct 14 '22 at 00:24

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 14 '22 at 09:43

Once you moved the entire tor-browser_en-US directory to the location where you want to keep it, move into the directory (it contains the start-tor-browser.desktop file) and run

./start-tor-browser.desktop --register-app

This will automatically install a .desktop launcher in your ~/.local/share/applications directory, so a working icon will appear in your applications menu.

You can find this information in the .desktop file.

How to make the Tor desktop entry functional

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