If a .desktop file in autostart is structured like this: http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#example then when the user tries to edit this in Session and Startup -> Application Autostart -> edit, the last Desktop Action is being edited, not the default action. In the linked example, he would edit Exec=fooview --create-new instead of Exec=fooview %F
Created attachment 8654 patch This patch adds the missing line to specify on which group to operate.
Theo Linkspfeifer referenced this bugreport in commit 7a7dd5c60d016b398b3ffd011cb77450e3ba41a6 Read data from correct group when editing autostart entry (Bug #10423) https://git.xfce.org/xfce/xfce4-session/commit?id=7a7dd5c60d016b398b3ffd011cb77450e3ba41a6
Thanks, well spotted.
Nice, thanks!