On Tuesday 15 Mar 2005 05:41, Erylon Hines wrote:
> On Monday 14 March 2005 11:01 am, Michel Leunen wrote:
> | Some weeks ago, I lost Konqueror and had to reinstall the whole KDE.
> | Now, it's the KDE desktop which disappeared suddenly when trying to log
> | in. The desktop just doesn't show up. No taskbar, no panel, no desktop
> | and no icons and I have to leave using 'ctrl+alt+backspace' to log with
> | another window manager.
> | How can I get KDE back? And, please, don't tell me I have to reinstall
> | once again.
> |
> | Michel
>
> Can you log into kde as a different user?  Maybe create one and see.  If
> so, rename your /home/~/.kde to .OLDkde.  Logout and then back into KDE. 
> That will probably fix it.  Beware, you may want to backup your Mail
> directory and your kaddressbook, because you may lose them in the process. 
> Your desktop settings will also return to the default.  The bright side is,
> it is a relatively quick fix.
>
Renaming is always a good option.  You can copy your addressbook over to the 
new directory.  If you use kmail it isn't stored under .kde but under .Mail, 
so you don't lose that either.

Anne
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