On 1/12/06, Chasecreek Systemhouse <chasecreek.systemhouse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I have, by mistake, deleted the trash bin. How can I restore the trash > > bin? I am using KDE. > > The only way I have fixed that is to backup the "data" -- not the > related system directories (IE, not .kde, etc) and then just deleted > and added back my home directory. > > When you sign back into KDE it will rebuild everything with defaults. I have found out a simpler solution, which I shall describe in what follows. The trash bin corresponds to a file (in the Desktop directory) named "trash.desktop", whose contents are [Desktop Entry] Comment=Contains removed files EmptyIcon=trashcan_empty Encoding=UTF-8 Icon=trashcan_full Name=Trash Type=Link URL=trash:/ Then, if one creates the mentioned file, one is done. How did I discover that? Looking at the trash.desktop file of another user. Paul
