[kde-linux] Lost menu items

[kerryb at basicq.com]

> On Tuesday 10 July 2007 20:55, kerryb at basicq.com inscribed thus:
>> > On Tuesday 10 July 2007, kerryb at basicq.com wrote:
>> >> kappfinder not in the system. One called kappthemes in /usr/bin,
>> >> but it did not fix the menu.
>> >
>> > Check if you have .desktop file in /usr/share/applications
>>
>> Thanks, but the /usr/share/applications directory is the one I
>> deleted. I have re-installed using Fedora Core 6, so I have more or
>> less solved the problem for now.
>> Thanks for all the advise.
>>
>> Kerry
>>
>> > Or, more precisely, in the paths returned by
>> > % kde-config --path xdgdata-apps
>> >
>> > and .menu files in the paths returned by
>> > % kde-config --path xdgconf-menu
>> >
>> > If you do, try
>> >
>> > % kbuildsycoca --noincremental
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Kevin
>
> Couldn't you just have created a new user and copied the bits you
> wanted from there, then deleted the user you created ?
>
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>              Derrick.
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Hmmm, might have worked. It would have required the
/usr/share/applications directory to be regenerated when user was added.
Not sure that would happen though.