Thanks MAG, would you also know a better way of getting permisions to write the .desktop file to /usr/share/applications/hildon/ ? at the moment I'm using Code: Exec=osso-xterm 'sudo run-standalone.sh python2.5 /opt/shortcutmkr/main.py' in my own .desktop file to get around it.
Exec=osso-xterm 'sudo run-standalone.sh python2.5 /opt/shortcutmkr/main.py'