lost desktop stuff

[ponchuk]

after newest update and tried to download pics fro gmail lost the kde desktop (no home folder and desktop icons just the blue bubble page. when open the dolphin, all stuff is still there. how do i get everything back to where it was easily.

[Bald Brick]

after newest update and tried to download pics fro gmail lost the kde desktop (no home folder and desktop icons just the blue bubble page. when open the dolphin, all stuff is still there. how do i get everything back to where it was easily.

Right-click the desktop, click Desktop Settings (or something similar -- my KDE speaks Swedish) and switch your desktop back to Folder view from Desktop view. Also, check that the folder view points to the right folder (the one with the icons you want). If the widgets are locked you have to unlock them before you can switch views.

[katie]

Thank you, blackbird-- that solved it for me as well
katie

[ponchuk]

thanks blackbird. will fix other stuff up now.

[Bald Brick]

You are both welcome. You are not the first ones with this problem. Desktop view seems to be the default. I suspect that the idea behind that is that people should use folder view widgets instead of a folder view desktop, but luckily this isn't Windows so you have a choice.

[CJ]

And thanks from here too. My father - who is situated in a different country and who I have just convinced to switch from XP to PCLOS - had this issue and was already sending panicky noices over the phone. Good on you, cheers!

CJ