Unity Launcher – How to Restore Drive Icon

Workaround on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and up

Note

This workaround requires a working launcher for your Wine application. Here's a tutorial on how to create one. The workaround also applies to applications installed with PlayOnLinux scripts. More recent versions of PlayOnLinux automatically add the StartupWMClass line to their launcher.

Instructions

Open your .desktop launcher in your favorite text editor and append this line to the file:

StartupWMClass=application.exe

where application.exe is the base name of the executable you want to launch in Wine.

Don't use the the full path, only the base name. And make sure it's unqoted (a general rule you should follow with desktop files).

Result

Application icons and descriptions should be rendered fine now:

Source: https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity-2d/+bug/702452

I have a hd named "backup" which I "accidentally" removed. ;)

I added the backup-hd-icon to the launcher by

1. Clicked the dash
2. Typed backup
3. Dragged the icon to the launcher

Important is that you don't drag the folder, you want to search for the hd icon