Resetting KDE menu to default layout

Red HamsterX · 02-19-2004, 04:58 PM

In my infinite stupidity, I accidently deleted the "System" and "Settings" menus in KDE and clicked "Save".

This was done as a normal user - root should still be fine.

My question, as stated in the topic, is, "How would I go about restoring the menu to its original layout?"

I don't mind losing entries I've entered manually; I just want to get access to the Control Center again.

jon-do · 02-19-2004, 08:57 PM

Go to your home directory and do an "ls -a"
find the directory .kde or something similar
now type in "rm -fr .kde "
and then logout and log back in.

Red HamsterX · 02-20-2004, 03:06 AM

Well, that reset the panels, styles, splash screen, and everything else... except the menu.

Some additional information, if relevant:
Distro: Arch Linux (Recently synched)
KDE Version: 3.2.0 (Arch Current)

Thanks for your suggestion, though.

jon-do · 02-20-2004, 03:20 AM

okay try this
edit your .bash_profile file
and add this
export KDEHOME=~/.kdenew
save and quit the file
logout and log back in

Red HamsterX · 02-20-2004, 04:34 AM

The menus are still b0rked (and yes, "echo $KDEHOME" returned the right path).

I'll play with it some more tomorrow.

Red HamsterX · 02-20-2004, 09:04 PM

Well, executing "pacman -R kde" and a subsequent "pacman -S kde" (taking care of other related dependencies, too, of course) didn't fix the problem, either.

The menu entries are still missing.

Fortunately, this was my test system, so I'm just going to revert to an image from last week, but I would like to know how to fix such a problem in the future, if anyone has any other ideas.

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