Create an icon in Dash panel?

Question

I wonder how to create an icon on Dash panel on the left side of the desktop, to run the following combination of two commands

killall nautilus
UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= nautilus

My Ubuntu is 12.04.

Thanks!

Answer 1

1) Create *.desktop file in /usr/share/applications/

gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/NAME OF LAUNCHER.desktop

2) Paste below text

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Terminal=true
Icon=ICON
Name=NAME OF LAUNCHER
Exec=killall nautilus && UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= nautilus

3) Change ICON to your icon path.

4) Change NAME OF LAUNCHER to the name you want.

5) Save the file and exit.

6) This will create a launcher in the dash. Click on the dash and search for the launcher name. Then drag the launcher to the bar to pin it.

Hope this helps,

Leinardo