Creating Desktop Icons

[tomw at videotron.ca]

I'm writing a small tutorial on how to get started using Xfce for users of the MEPIS operating system.
I've never been able to create desktop icons by right-clicking on the desktop.  (Currently running
4.4.1 compiled using GUI installer.)  Personally I don't mind creating the required text files in mousepad, but I think potential "converts" might be intimidated by this approach. Can anyone tell  why the graphical
assistant isn't working?  By the way if anyone is interested in using the document (when it's finished)
for their own documentation projects let me know.