<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'Maiandra GD'; font-size:11pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">On Thursday 19 February 2009 16:38:43 James Richard Tyrer wrote:<br>
> frmrick@aapt.net.au wrote:<br>
> > Quoting Scott Pancoast <SPancoast@nw3c.org>:<br>
> >>> Scott Pancoast wrote:<br>
> >>>> I upgraded to KDE4.2. from 3.5.<br>
> >>>><br>
> >>>> When I upgraded I lost all of my desktop icons. Ok, that<br>
> >>>> happens. Nothing big. So I went through the application menu,<br>
> >>>> and added my favorite desktop Icon's/links back onto my<br>
> >>>> desktop,<br>
> >>><br>
> >>> You dragged menu icons to the DeskTop? Which would mean that you<br>
> >>> have the FolderView selected for your Desktop.<br>
> ><br>
> > ??? In kde 4.2 on slackware 12.2 it is possible to drag icons onto<br>
> > the desktop not into a folderview on the desktop.<br>
><br>
> No, but there is an option to make the whole screen a FolderView.<br>
><br>
> > I have done it with konqueror, dolphin, kmail and I just did it with<br>
> > dragon player. I do not have folderview set.<br>
> ><br>
> > BTW where are those icons with the desktop settings stored? I asked<br>
> > on another thread and have not had a reply yet.<br>
><br>
> The icons in a FolderView are by default in the: $HOME/Desktop folder<br>
> unless you moved it (in which case they would be in the path indicated<br>
> in System Settings::About Me::Paths::Desktop path<br>
Thanks James for the response/tip<br>
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