I've lost programs from the menu
 

Mandrake 9.2

I installed some programs from the disks, and then found that a large number of programs
had disappeared from the start menu (including the control center and configuration
programs).

The icons on the desktop and tool bar don't link now.

Any thoughts ?

are you using KDE? i used to use Mandrake and i think that's the default.
if so there should be a menu configuration program somewhere in the start menu.
sorry, i am in fluxbox right now and can't verify.

michiaki

I'm using KDE, but the programs remaining in my menu are quite basic.
The Open Office modules, Hardrake, Kwrite, Configure mail and a couple of others.

I have no access to the control center or software config from the menu.

I have a browser and Konqueror open now, (from before) but if I close them I won't be able to reopen them.

I suppose I could re-install but I'd rather figure it out in case it happens to me again.

On the upside, it's a beautiful day today.

you should definitely not have to reinstall. unless i am mistaken this is a small configuration issue.

can you open a terminal/console/command-line? if you can get the name of the menu-configuration program you should be able to run it from there.

Hello,

Open a console
switch to root
cd to

this may help you

If not I have had this problem a number of times and have always found the (simple) solution on this site or google, can´t remember it off the top of my head as it hasn´t happened since I ditched the laptop.

The Monkey

Thank you.
I'll give that a go tonight after work.

Try:

Thats the right way to resolve the problem. This is a well known bug in some of the Mandrake 9.x releases. If you upgrade your system using urpmi, you should get updates that resolve the problem permanently.

I'm up and running again.
Thanks to everyone for the replies.