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<sect2 id="restartwithoutreboot" status="complete">
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<title>Restart KDE without rebooting the computer</title>
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<title>Restart KDE via keyboard</title>
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Ensure that the system has the ability to restart KDE via the keyboard.
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Open <application>System Settings</application> by going to &menusysset;.
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Select the <guibutton>Display</guibutton> icon.
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Select the checkbox that is labeled "<guilabel>Ctrl+Alt+Backspace restarts
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the xserver</guilabel>".
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Press the <guibutton>Apply</guibutton> button and close out of
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<application>System Settings</application>.
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Save and close all open applications.
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<title>Restart KDE via the command line</title>
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Save and close all open applications.
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<para>Open <application>Konsole</application> by going to &menukonsole;. At the
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command prompt type the following and press the <keycap>Enter</keycap> key (if
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asked for a password, type in the proper user password followed by the
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<keycap>Enter</keycap> key):
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sudo /etc/init.d/kdm restart
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<title>Start a Program Manually</title>
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The change will take effect with the next log-in to KDE. To test it right away,
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turn off NumLock and restart KDE (see <xref linkend="restartwithoutreboot"/>).
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<title>Handle help:/ links in Firefox like Konqueror</title>
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<application>Firefox</application> is not installed by default, so in order for
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this to work, <application>Firefox</application> must be already installed.
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Please refer to the <ulink type="help"
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url="help:/kubuntu/add-applications/">Adding Applications</ulink> documentation
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for more information on installing applications.
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<application>Konqueror</application> is able to handle help:/
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<acronym>URL</acronym>s by default. <application>Firefox</application> is also
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able to handle these the same way. The <application>Firefox</application>
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configuration must manually edited for this to work properly. The following
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procedure will assist with this configuration.
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Start <application>Firefox</application> by choosing left &menuff;.
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In the address bar, type <userinput>about:config</userinput> and press the
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<keycap>Enter</keycap> key.
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<mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> click on the list and select
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<menuchoice><guimenu>New</guimenu><guimenuitem>Boolean</guimenuitem></menuchoice
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>. Type <userinput>network.protocol-handler.external.help</userinput> as the
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<guilabel>Preference Name</guilabel> and <userinput>true</userinput> as the
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<guilabel>Value</guilabel>. Press the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button when
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<mousebutton>Right</mousebutton> click again on the list and select <menuchoice>
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<guimenu>New</guimenu><guimenuitem>String</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Type
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<userinput>network.protocol-handler.app.help</userinput> as the
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<guilabel>Preference Name</guilabel> and <userinput>khelpcenter</userinput> as
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the <guilabel>Value</guilabel>. Press the <guibutton>OK</guibutton> button when
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turn off NumLock and restart KDE <!--(see <xref linkend="restartwithoutreboot"/>)-->.
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<title>Edit Kickoff Application Launcher</title>