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+[Desktop Entry]
+Encoding=UTF-8
+Name=OpenLP
+GenericName=Church lyrics projection
+Exec=openlp
+Icon=openlp
+StartupNotify=true
+Terminal=False
+Type=Application
+Categories=AudioVideo