On Wednesday 28 December 2011 9:30:15 am Lisi wrote: snip > Except for my current problem. Yesterday I started to set KMail up, and > made a few entries before I had to go. Today I switched off the favourite > folders pane, went to carry on setting up where I left off - and noticed > that there was no inbox. Obviously I can create a folder called Inbox, but > it puts itself at the bottom of the default folders list with a standard > folder icon, instead of at the top of them with the inbox icon. > > Furthermore, the few settings I entered yesterday have disappeared. :-( > > PEBKAC is a definite possibility, given that I haven't been well and am on > a large dose of a strong antibiotic, but even if it is my fault, I still > need to put it right. > > I have tried to purge and then install, but that seemed to intend to remove > most of the desktop. So I ran aptitude reinstall. Nothing changed. I ran > aptitude autoclean, aptitude reinstall, no joy. I then went on to Google. > There was lots on disappearing emails, but nothing on disappearing folders. > And that was after I had managed to get rid of most of the KDE4 stuff. > > So, help!! > > Thanks, > Lisi If you want a fresh start for a user rename the .kde file to something like .kde.bk in the home directory. Purging and re-installing does not touch your home dirctories. --- Peace, Greg