how to remove *.desktop files in openSuse 11.1

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1

After installing openSuse11.1, there is 2 icons help related icons on my desktop. ‘openSuse’ and ‘online Help’.

How do I remove them? I tried to delete the assoc *.desktop files as root. But the icons remain.

Thanks

2

I removed them by logging in as root user from the login screen and deleted them from the root user desktop. And that was the end of those two icons.

3

Do this:

open console>

cd /usr/share/dist/desktop-files

Then type>

sudo rm SuSE.desktop

Then type>

sudo rm GnomeOnlineHelp.desktop

Did that work?

4

Thanks for the reply wgcrowder. I followed metalwraith’s advice and it worked. But I’ll keep your advice in mind as well.
Thanks

5

> I followed metalwraith’s advice and it worked.

wonderful. his advice was faulty as you should NEVER log into KDE or
GNOME as root from the log in screen…

do a few searches here on that…and see for yourself.

–
have fun

6

Alternatively you can tell nautilus not to draw them. In gconf-editor, go to apps/nautilus/desktop and clear the predefined_items_dir.