How to rename and change shortcut for ADM desktop icon

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Valeri
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How to rename and change shortcut for ADM desktop icon

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Hi, I have bought an AS3102T v2 NAS recently and installed Nextcloud on it. After Nextcloud installation I changed the location of Nextclouds WEB content into WEB directory root instead of default nextcloud-php. Managed to get everything to work well but ADM desctop icon, which were created on nextcloud install, have wrong shortcut link now. Maybe it is very easy, but I have not found the way to change ADM desktop icon properties. Or can anybody direct where Desktop Icon files are located in the file system?
Thanks!
Val
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Re: How to rename and change shortcut for ADM desktop icon

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Hi,

Changing the definition put by the APKG developer ... is possible but not easy AND can't be persistent after an update of the APKG
Also this need to understand clearly the documentation on HOW APKG is build and variant in config internal to APKG
All finish by parameters in json file (/volume0/usr/builtin/etc/appcentral) but any error can be a disaster.

So some work around can exist :
First create a link from original place to new nextcloud folder, so the "old" URL exist and can be valid . So nothing to change in A.D.M. desktop
... test
... depend of the integrator of the APKG, update can be supported (generally for good guys) ... or not (to be verified at next update)

Another way is to change the APKG and create your own (require to know how to)
... extract original APKG
... change Web folder and config.json
... recreate
To be done for each update (so download file don't directly update).

Philippe.
AS6602T / AS5202T /AS5002T / AS1002T / FS6706T
Valeri
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Re: How to rename and change shortcut for ADM desktop icon

Post by Valeri »

Thank you, Philippe, for a good tip. Created symlink to the right directory. It was is by far the easiest way, instead of messing with APKG and config.
Anyway, it would be good, if Asustor will implement some basic modification option to icons, like rename, remove and etc. Maybe some kind of edit tool for desktop:-)
Best regards,
Val
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