.desktop file will not launch, Leap/ Gnome 3.16.2

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#1

The .desktop I created will not launch conky. Do I need to change the command?

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Conky
Comment=X System Monitor
Version=Current
Icon=/home/sophie/.icons/conky.png
Exec=/usr/bin/conky
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Encoding=UTF-8
Categories=Applications;System Tools;
#2

For starters,
Whenever you progress to creating some way of invoking the app, you first need to verify the app launches…

So, from a normal (non-root) console, run the conky command and see if it functions as expected

/usr/bin/conky

TSU

#3

Yes, it works; however conky is usually run from the terminal with “conky &”; otherwise you have to keep a terminal open. This was also the case in older versions of Ubuntu. In current versions you can just create a launcher for it and call it directly without the “&”. There must be a way to run conky without the terminal.