Hi, I'm at the end of my knowledge to fix this issue.
I've done a minimal Ubuntu install with openbox for my HTPC. I'm trying to use iDesk to get icons on the desktop.

Problem:
When I click an icon on the desktop nothing happens. In all my .lnk files Command:/usr/bin... line gets deleted every time I type it in to any .lnk file.

Interestingly, when I do ls .i* in my home directory .ideskrc file is missing. Is this normal?

If I do ls -a I can see .ideskrc file.

I stopped autoloading iDesk thinking it will help but no change.

Do I have a permission issue?

Reinstallation of iDesk no change?

Please help I'm lost.

Ben
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acer@ACER:~$ pwd
/home/acer
acer@ACER:~$ ls .i*
.ideskrc

.idesktop:
chrome.lnk hulu.lnk Movies.lnk New Empty File wallpaper.png
home.lnk icons Music.lnk Photo.lnk
acer@ACER:~$
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acer@ACER:~$ pwd
/home/acer
acer@ACER:~$ ls -a
. .gdesklets .pki
.. .gksu.lock .profile
.adobe .gnome2 Public
.aptoncd .gnome2_private .pulse
.bash_history .gphoto .pulse-cookie
.bash_logout .gstreamer-0.10 .shotwell
.bash_profile .gtk-bookmarks .sudo_as_admin_successful
.bashrc .gvfs .synaptic
.cache .huludesktop Templates
.config .ideskrc .thumbnails
.dbus .idesktop Videos
Desktop .local wandtv
Documents .macromedia .wicd
Downloads .mozilla .Xauthority
.esd_auth Music .xsession-errors
.fontconfig MyLinux_wo_Thunar-CD1.iso zen_files
.fvwm MyLinux_w_Thunar-CD1.iso
.gconf Pictures
acer@ACER:~$

acer@ACER:~$ ls .i*
.ideskrc

I copied the above from your post. It seems that you can see the .ideskrc file. It would certainly be abnormal if you couldn't. Your permissions for the .ideskrc must be user-writable or it won't save changes. The idesk executable must of course be executable by your user as well.