Hi John, > I have checked the file > ~/.trinity/share/apps/kdesktop/IconPositions > and nothing obvious is amiss, though I can't be certain I'd > recognize a problem there. I'd be grateful for a clue. if you start with a right-click on an empty desktop "Desktop arrange/setting" (?) you'll find under "Behavior->File Symbols" "arrage symbols automatically". I have disabled that. -- Viele Grüße, Hartmut Hungerhilfe: http://www.thehungersite.com Ohne Zensur suchen: http://suche.amnesty-bergedorf.de/ ökologisch suchen: http://www.ecosia.de Das heutige Motto: Von der Maas bis an die Memel, BILD macht aus allen Deutschen Dämel.