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Modifying the KDE K-Menu Globally

© Copyright Darrell Anderson.

KDE provides no straightforward method to modify the default K-Menu in a global manner such that all users will see the new menu. When using the KDE menu editor tool, all menu modifications will be stored in a user’s home directory in the $HOME/.config/menus directory.

One work-around to modifying the menu globally, however, is to perform those changes—as normal user is fine—and then as root user move the resulting applications-kmenuedit.menu file from $HOME/.config/menus to /opt/kde/etc/xdg/menus. The latter directory is where the global KDE menu is stored.

Similarly, if, after having modified the K-Menu and desiring to restore the original menu structure, merely delete the applications-kmenuedit.menu file from $HOME/.config/menus.

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