# Paths

Michael Anderson

    nosrednaekim@gmail.com

Anne-Marie Mahfouf

    annma@kde.org

2009-11-17
&kde; 4.4
KDE KControl desktop paths

This is a module to configure essential paths for the &kde; desktop.

Configure some &kde; paths

Configure some &kde; paths

Desktop path:

  The Desktop folder contains all the files which you see on your desktop. The default path is usually `~/Desktop` but you can change here the location of this folder.

Autostart path:

  The Autostart folder contains applications or links to applications or scripts you want to start whenever &kde; starts. You can change the location of this folder if you want to.

Documents path:

  This folder will be used by default to load or save documents from or to.

Download path:

  This folder will be used by default to save your downloaded items.

Movies path:

  This folder will be used by default to load or save movies from or to.

Pictures path:

  This folder will be used by default to load or save pictures from or to.

Music path:

  This folder will be used by default to load or save music from or to.

If you change a path and click Apply a dialog appears where you can choose to move the content to the new folder or use the new folder without moving the files.