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# `desktop-entry-uses-reserved-category`

This `desktop` entry uses a `Reserved Category` as explained below, but does not include an `OnlyShowIn` key.

Reserved categories like `Screensaver`, `TrayIcon`, `Applet` or `Shell` have a desktop-specific meaning but have not been standardized yet. Desktop entry files that use such a reserved category must also include an `OnlyShowIn` key to limit the entry to environments that support the category.

The `desktop-file-validate` tool in the `desktop-file-utils` package may be useful when checking the syntax of `desktop` entries.

Severity: | `warning`
Experimental: | `false`

## See also

- https://specifications.freedesktop.org/menu-spec/latest/apas03.html

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