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<title>Paths</title>
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<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Michael</firstname>
<surname>Anderson</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>nosrednaekim@gmail.com</email></address>
</affiliation>
</author>
<author><firstname>Anne-Marie</firstname>
<surname>Mahfouf</surname>
<affiliation>
<address><email>annma@kde.org</email></address>
</affiliation></author>
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<date>2009-11-17</date>
<releaseinfo>&kde; 4.4</releaseinfo>

<keywordset>
<keyword>KDE</keyword>
<keyword>KControl</keyword>
<keyword>desktop</keyword>
<keyword>paths</keyword>
</keywordset>
</articleinfo>

<para>This is a module to configure essential paths for the &kde; desktop.</para>

<para>
<screenshot>
<screeninfo>Configure some &kde; paths</screeninfo>
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      <phrase>Configure some &kde; paths</phrase>
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<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Desktop path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>The Desktop folder contains all the files which you see on your desktop. The default path is usually <filename class="directory">~/Desktop</filename> but you can change here the location of this folder.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Autostart path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>
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.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Documents path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save documents from or to.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Download path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to save your downloaded items.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Movies path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save movies from or to.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Pictures path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save pictures from or to.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><guilabel>Music path:</guilabel></term>
<listitem><para>This folder will be used by default to load or save music from or to.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>If you change a path and click <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> a dialog appears where you can choose to move the content to the 
new folder or use the new folder without moving the files.</para>

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