autostart ignores Path in xdg desktop files

Submitted by Chris Paulson-Ellis

Assigned to Xfce Bug Triage

Link to original bug (#9007)

Description

I've symlinked a .desktop file into ~/.config/autostart.

The program executes fine when it's menu item is clicked, but it does't work on log-on.

This is because xfce4-session is ignoring the Path entry in the .desktop file that should set the working directory for the executable - and the app is broken enough to fail if it's started in the wrong directory.

I'm using xfce4-session as packaged for Fedora 16: xfce4-session-4.8.3-1.fc16.x86_64.

Version: 4.8.3