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Re: .desktop



On Sunday 21 January 2007 21:18, Matias Salimbene wrote:
> Hi guys, i have a little problem, i renamed the "Desktop" folder in my
> home folder, to "desktop".
>
> Now all shortcuts on my desktop dissapeared, and i cannot create new
> ones, a message pops up that says: "Could not write to
> /home/matias/Desktop/opera.desktop", for example..

If you rename the directory, you need to tell KDE about the new path to the 
desktop:
Control Center->System management->paths

> I tried renaming back to "Desktop" and it doesn't  pop anything, and
> still no shortcut appear on the desktop, not even newer ones.

KDesktop, the process handling the desktop is still seeing the old "Desktop" 
directory. You should get your icons back by logging out and logging in 
again.

Cheers,
Kevin

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