Hi, All user's data is in the /home directory. To save a user's data, just backup /home/johndoe. 90% of the KDE configuration files are in the ~/.kde4 directory. I left the last 9% to akonadi, which stores all its data in ~/.config. the last 1% is for any stray configuration file that might appear. IOW : backing up ~/.kde4 and ~/.config should be enough. However, do try creating a new user using the backed up directories first, just to be on the safe side. Martin. On mercredi 04 de mai 2011 11:30:16 John Woodhouse wrote: > I'm having a bit of a problem with repeat complete re installs. Problem is > basically the installer doesn't reset any system files off the home > directory. > What exactly do you mean? Does the installer leave the user's files intact? The installer destroys the data? I'm not sure I completely understand you. Good practise is to have a separate partition for all user's data : /home, the installer should allow you to create one, and to not having it formated during a reinstall. > > To save myself a lot of time I need to know where the mail directories are > on kde4.6.0 and also the address book and kwallet stuff the idea being to > simply reformat the home partition, re install and then copy all of the > mail directories into place. I suspect there may be a problem with kwallet > but hope not. Maybe I have to disable it before copying it's directory > entries? Which version of kmail? (do you use kmail, and not something else?) Kwallet works the same as any other application : just copy its configuration files. > > John > Suse 11.4 Kde4.6.0 release 6 > > ___________________________________________________ > 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. ___________________________________________________ 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.