I purchased a copy of Mandrake 9.2 download edition from one of the many CD distribution houses. I had a very nice install and liked what I saw.

However, I haven't a clue what I did, but now my KDE applications list has shrunk to perhaps 1/3 of the applications that I had at the end of installation. I mean big time. I had kept the "Welcome" shortcut, but now pressing the configuation box, I get an "Error - MandrakeGalaxy", "Unable to run the command specified. The file or directory "file:/usr/share/applnk-mdk/Configuation/Configure your computer.desktop" does not exist."

Most headings in the menu tree now have only a couple entries. For example Multimedia/Graphics has only ImageMagick display.

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Dave F.

Dave,
I am a newbie so check this with someone who knows thier stuff.

That happens to me a lot with 9.2.
I was told to do the following and it works for me.

At a terminal type:< update-menus -v > and press enter. There will be no return, just wait a minute and close the terminal.

I was not told to do the following but it works for me also.
Open the run dialog box and type in:< update-menus -v > and press "run"

Dont type in the < or >

easylaterT

Unfortunately, among the many things that I don't see are the terminals. If I could configure, I'd boot in terminal mode.

However, As Konqueror is working to actually get to this site and ask the question, I've got the backdoor, Tools/Open Terminal or Control-T. From there, I logged in as root with the "su" command, then tried "update-menus -v" which worked perfectly!

I'm updating myself as instructions to others, thanks, easylaterT!!

You are welcome.

I had the same problem with:
.... "Unable to run the command specified. The file or directory "file:/usr/share/applnk-mdk/Configuation/Configure your computer.desktop" does not exist."

so i tried the update-menus -v, but still got the same problem.....any suggestions?
thanks