Apps turning to .desktop after adding them to a new folder

hello i am new to zorin and i have 1 issue with it when i want to add an app shortcut like vs code to a folder it transform into a text file can someone help me and i am not that good with terminal
i tried to link the shortcut and didnt work

It's only shortcut to the Desktop that works that way as intended. You could build a script to launch eg. code from elsewhere.

Here's a toturial

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