Re: Where does KDE store the positions of icons on the desktop ?

Rikishi 42 wrote:


I've recently moved between machines. As I have done before, I had set up
the normal base install, added my user with the same UID as allways,
installed my favorite programs, and ran the update.

Then - as root - I (re-)moved the contents of my home directory and
replaced it with that of the old machine.

Resolution is the same, I have done this before, everything seems ok.

But some of the icons don't stay where I put them.
Icon sorting is switched off.

Where does KDE store the positions of it's dekstop icons?
I'd like to see if anything is going on with that file.

~/.kde/share/apps/kdesktop/IconPositions

My guess is, it will not remember positions if it can't store them, ie.
permissions are messed up. Than it will create new file with random suffix
and .new appended. Normal permission is u:rw- g:--- o:--- ie. only owner
can read or change files.

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Regards,
Rajko.
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