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After upgrade to mandriva 2008, I have lost listing of many programs like Openoffice, Abiword, Menu Updater etc. from START/KDE menu..
I have tried update-menus.. kappfinder.. menudrake(no such command?).. but I can not update my menu to all the programs installed..
I cannot start OpenOffice by Alt+F2 as I do not know the command..
I wish to update my Menu to Fullest..
Please suggest a way..
Distribution: Mac OS X Leopard 10.6.2, Windows 2003 Server/Vista/7/XP/2000/NT/98, Ubuntux64, CentOS4.8/5.4
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And this is another reason why upgrades are never a good idea, no matter what OS or distro you use. It never goes smoothly as one hopes and it's better to back up your personal files and do a clean install.
This is extreme, but try deleting your local KDE profile settings. I'm more of a gnome user so I'm not sure where this would be, but it's usually a hidden .file, like .kde or something. BUT, I don't use Mandriva so I don't know if it's a system thing or a local user setting. Have you tried the obvious reboot?
your suggetstion appeals but I am a newbie so do not want to hurry to a drastic step of deleting ./kde until I come to an understanding of fundamentls of the problem..
I tried your suggestion at the first go.. the case remains the same
Kmenuedit opens only the menu editor not menu updater (that's what I need desperately)
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