.desktop file link doesn't act like a link when opening file

[caesius]

Gidday, I've found a small problem with the way links are handled,

on my desktop there is a link to a HDD device mounted under /mnt/G. This works fine when I click on it on my desktop but when I am (for example) opening a file with Kaffeine, I can't click on these links on my desktop and have the "file open" dialogue follow them because they see them as actual .desktop files.

Is there a workaround?

Cheers.

[TerryP]

You should use a symbolic link for such a task. See also