Just how do I do this? I have already tried just typing dolphin in the console and it comes up with loads and loads of soprano errors preceded by dolphin (6667) but does launch. I need it to open pointing at a specific directory from a bash script at the point just before it exits. Also be interested in any example type web pages on this subject and more info on the general aspects of scripting KDE. This script must run from the bash shell. One aspect of that is how to stop the shell flashing up briefly? John ___________________________________________________ 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.