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add support for directly launching windows exes from file exporer using .desktop shortcut

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Besides copy/move/leave, an app can be imported **from a wine prefix**: pick the prefix, then the app folder inside its `drive_c`. Nothing is copied — paths are stored relative to the prefix, so wine sees the app as if it were normally installed on `C:\` (registry entries pointing to `C:\...` keep working). Both layouts work: plain wine prefixes (`drive_c` at the top) and Proton-managed ones (`drive_c` under `pfx/`). The app stays tied to that prefix; removing the launcher entry never deletes files from the prefix.
## "Open with PLWL" in the file manager
The desktop entry (`MimeType` + `Exec %f`) makes PLWL show up in Dolphin/Nautilus under **Open With** for Windows executables (`.exe`, `.msi`, `.bat`, `.cmd`, `.lnk`). Opening a file that way shows a small popup in the launcher where you pick the **Wine/Proton version** and the **prefix** for this run — both default to the launcher's defaults, nothing is imported into the library. A second launcher instance hands the path to the running one and exits (same single-instance mechanism the shortcuts use).
## Wine & Proton support
- **System Wine** — uses the `wine` binary from PATH.