Werner LEMBERG wrote: >>> No, it's a single icon on the desktop. >> Well actually, if you have an icon on the desktop then you have the >> option to Folder View the whole Desktop set. > > How? > Right click the screen. Select: "Appearance Settings" (was "Desktop Settings"). Should be the first item in the dialog: "Desktop Activity -> Type:". >>> I can't find any settings within my .kde directory which controls >>> transparency (except switching it on and off). >> There isn't any for Folder View text -- at least I can't find it. > > Hmm. This is bad. I would really like to avoid reinstalling KDE > 4.2... > Reinstalling will not fix it! When you reinstall on Linux, you do not delete the configuration. Instead, exit your KDE session, log in on the Console, and delete the files: $HOME/share/config/plasma* ___________________________________________________ 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.