dep wrote:

> now, returning to my question: how do i get these running on my machine?

if it is applet just right click the task bar and select "add applet" - find
the applet you are interested in and thats it (example kmoon)

if it is docked application just start the application and it will dock in
the task bar (example tdepowersave or kgpg or kmix)

question do you have the taskbar? your questions make me think there is
something wrong at your end

regards