On Monday 18 November 2013 16:09:11 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote:
> Am Montag, 18. November 2013 schrieb Lisi Reisz:
> > There is a problem (bug) with the settings for icons, in that I
> > cannot set them.  On my own computer they simply don't display,
> > no matter how many settings I tick in the behaviour setting.  I
> > rarely use icons so this is a very minor problem.
> >
> > But I am setting up an installation for a client who relies on
> > icons. He will be most upset to have the wrong ones.
> >
> > I go through ticking and unticking the boxes for the various
> > hardware and files, click on "apply", and nothing changes, except
> > that all the settings return to the default.  The icons I want to
> > get rid of remain and the ones that I want to show remain
> > stubbornly invisible.
> >
> > Has anyone any suggestions for what I can do about this?
> >
> > Lisi
>
> Are you are talking about icons on the desktop and you want to
> change the behaviour with the desktop contextmenu that comes up
> when you do RMB on desktop and select ".. configure ..."?
> If yes, then you should try to change the desktop settings via the
> control center.
> Somehow the dialog that comes up when selecting it by the context
> menu does not work, but the same dialog in the controlcenter does.

Thanks, Nik :-)
Sadly, it doesn't work on my box, but it may do on the client's box, 
which is far more important.  I can't check for the moment because it 
is busy copying a large directory from backup.

Lisi