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How do I get a local application launcher to show up in Fedora 41 using Gnome?

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I've created a desktop launcher called Firefox.desktop for a version of Firefox that is not tied to my Linux distribution (Fedora 41) and placed it in ~/.local/share/applications and even after restarting multiple times it still does not show up in the list of applications. How do I get it to show up there? I used desktop-file-validate on the desktop file and it didn't tell me about any problems. Here are the contents:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
NoDisplay=true
Exec=/home/esok/Applications/firefox/firefox-bin %u
Name=Firefox
Icon=/home/esok/Applications/firefox/icons/Firefox_logo_2019.svg.png
Asked by Eric Sokolowsky (165 rep)
Apr 2, 2025, 02:43 PM
Last activity: Apr 2, 2025, 09:01 PM