default window manager

From: John Pawlicki (john_at_ranchandpetsupply.com)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 19:54:43 -0600

Fedora core 3
/etc/sysconfig/desktop

What do I put in this file to have xfce4 as my default window manager.

I have tried all kinds of combinations like

DESKTOP "Xfcwm"
or
DESKTOP "XFCE4"

and etc but it always defaults to kde which is no longer in that file.

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