Re: Can't change Desktop Icons

[Daniel Lyddy <daniell cs berkeley edu>]

Klaus Dahlke wrote:
> 
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> I had a similiar problem when updating gmc from 4.5.45 to 4.5.51. The
> problematic file is ~/.gnome/metadata.db. Either you convert the file via db_dump and
> db_load or in case of just a few icons on the desktop you might delete/rename
> metadata.db. After the next start of gnome the deafult icons are shown  and can now
> be changed.

Klaus:

Danke schein.  I deleted the metadata.db file and rescanned the desktop
icons and devices, and now I can change the desktop icons to my heart's
delight.

Thank you again for your quick and accurate reply.

Dan
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