Why does my .desktop file execute via double click but not from the menu?

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Published on 2012-12-12T19:34:21Z Indexed on 2012/12/15 23:19 UTC
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I've installed FTL: Faster Than Light on my girlfriend's Lubuntu machine and created a .desktop file for it. Strangely, the program won't launch via its menu entry under 'Games'.

If I navigate to /home/andi/.local/share/applications/ via pcmanfm and double click on FTL Faster Than Light.desktop the game launches without a problem. I know the menu entry is generated through the .desktop file so why won't it launch from the menu?

Here's the .desktop file I created: FTL Faster Than Light.desktop

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