Building The Net

Where is the Autostart folder?

Looks like yet another change in KDE that messes with 3.5 users… Seems someone decided that the Autostart folder was a bad idea. This after having the Autostart folder in every KDE release I can remember.

Well, it seems that KDE 4 has adopted the same type of startup program control that Gnome has used for years.

A quick example.

Ok, let’s say that you want to start, oh I don’t know… Let’s say you want to start Krellm at login. here are the steps:

Under the K menu, select Computer -> System Settings:

Then, under advanced, select Autostart:

Once you’ve clicked on Autostart, select Add Program and choose the application you want to start at login:

Once you’ve done that, Make sure it’s enabled and that it’s set to run on startup:

Now, exit out of everything, logout, then log back in, and you should be all set:

And the rest is history!

I hope this helps someone searching the web trying to figure this out. Changes are great, but they sure can screw up your day… <g>

— Stu