Anne Wilson wrote: > A 3.5 user has somehow got every file type attempting to open with kuickshow. > I'm wondering if he can edit the relevant rc file, simply deleting all his > file associations, so that he can recreate them? Or maybe we could even > provide him with a working section to paste in their place. > > Anne use 'find -newer' method to locate them/it. never had call to look to see if a single of several files. use 'touch markerfn' to create a file and time stamp it. then open 'control center' > 'kde components' > 'file association', use 'text - plain' and edit 'application preference order', click 'apply'. then run 'find / -newer markerfn -print > changelist'. use what you wish ever for 'markerfn' and 'changelist'. to save search time, '/etc' and '/usr' would be more likely directories to check. there could also be something in '~/', as 'users' can make changes, maybe not. hth. -- tc,hago. g . in a free world without fences, who needs gates. ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.