KDE Menu Editor (Strange Happenings)

[Sam Tygier]

had same problem, this seemed to work

to make kde menu editor work delete ~/.config and ~/.local, then log out and log back in.

(the folders are rebuilt by kde)

not sure how

sam 

ps sorry if this posts 3 times, the first 2 times appear to have got stuck somewhere.

Gordon Keehn wrote:

> Hi, Y'All
>    I recently installed FC2 on an old IBM Aptiva that I had hanging 
> around.  When I did so, my KDE menu contained an entry for 
> gnome-system-monitor (System Monitor) under "System Tools".  I was very 
> happy, because while I generally prefer KDE to gnome, I did like the 
> gnome-system-monitor tool.  However, one unhappy day the menu entry for 
> System Monitor disappeared.  Now, I can still start the monitor 
> manually, but being a point-and-click kind of guy I wanted my beloved 
> menu entry back again.  I went into the KDE Menu Editor and added a new 
> entry to the System Tools submenu, entered the application path and 
> other such goodies, and saved the menu.  After exiting the menu editor 
> no changes were evident.  "Aha", says I, "I have to reinit the KDE 
> desktop."  So I logged off and back on.  No change.  I rebooted.  No 
> change.  I'd be happy to edit a menu template file manually, if that's 
> what it takes (and if I knew where to find it).  Does anyone know how to 
> change the KDE application menus and make it stick?
>    Cheers,
> Gordon Keehn
> 
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