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Offline doctore

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Why are things in desktop folder not on desktop?
« on: May 04, 2010, 05:54:54 PM »
When I download something to /home/me/Desktop it does not automatically appear on the computer desktop, but I can see it as a file in /home/me/Desktop. This seems to be a KDE4 thing. Can this be changed?

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Re: Why are things in desktop folder not on desktop?
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2010, 06:03:11 PM »
the desktop can be enabled and disabled to show files/folders on desktop folder

in the desktop right click/desktop view settings/activities/type/

set it to folder view
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Re: Why are things in desktop folder not on desktop? (solved)
« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2010, 07:50:22 PM »
Thanks for the quick fix info!
« Last Edit: May 05, 2010, 07:21:01 AM by doctore »

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Re: Why are things in desktop folder not on desktop?
« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2010, 09:33:18 PM »
if it was helpful and fixed your problem don't forget to mark this as (SOLVED)
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