Where is my desktop?

Timothy Murphy gayleard at eircom.net
Sun Feb 15 15:14:01 UTC 2009


Andreas Waldenburger wrote:

>> >> Since going over to KDE-4.2 (via standard yum upgrade)
>> >> my desktop seems completely empty, eg no trash-can, etc.
>> >> Where have my lost icons gone?

>> > You can add a "folder view" widget to the workplace. Per default it
>> > shows the contents of ~/Desktop.

>> Thanks.
>> A bit ashamed to ask, but how do I add this "widget"?

> Right-click on the desktop, select "Add Widgets...". Select "Folder
> View", press "Add Widget". It should now appear on your Workplace.

Thanks again.
I've done that, and I do indeed get my home directory on the screen.

I see that my ~/Desktop seems to be empty, I'm not sure why.
I guess I need trash.desktop, etc, there.






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