# Warnings about invalid desktop files

**URL:** <https://discuss.kde.org/t/warnings-about-invalid-desktop-files/42895>\
**Category:** Help\
**Tags:** plasma, desktop\
**Created:** [December 25, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/warnings-about-invalid-desktop-files/42895 "2025-12-25T11:00:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![bjourne](https://discuss-cdn.kde.org/user_avatar/discuss.kde.org/bjourne/32/20516_2.png) [@bjourne](https://discuss.kde.org/u/bjourne)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2025, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.kde.org/t/warnings-about-invalid-desktop-files/42895/1 "2025-12-25T11:00:06Z")

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When I restart plasma it logs the following:

```auto
[1336.013117] systemd[973]: Stopping KDE Plasma Workspace...
...
[1337.031215] plasmashell[5782]: Entry is not valid "org.kde.kontact.desktop" 0x55bc52fa6bb0
[1337.031264] plasmashell[5782]: Entry is not valid "org.kde.discover.desktop" 0x55bc52fa6bb0
[1337.031311] plasmashell[5782]: Entry is not valid "org.kde.kontact.desktop" 0x55bc52fa6bb0
[1337.031353] plasmashell[5782]: Entry is not valid "org.kde.discover.desktop" 0x55bc52fa6bb0

```

Why does it think the entries are invalid? The mentioned desktop files do not exist in either `/usr/share/applications/` or `~/.local/share/applications`.