I used the software update GUI to update a bunch of packages a few days ago and since then almost all my applications will no longer open (from desktop GUI) and all my desktop icons disappeared (All my files are still in ~/Desktop, but they just aren’t rendered. The desktop background is still there…

looks like this could be it: [image] KDE Plasma starts but does not respond KDE Plasma rerun update again, to see if you are up to date… and it looks like this issue: if editing the config doestn work, rename the .config folder as instructed in the same link

Most applications won't open from GUI launcher after software update

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brahma 22 February 2023 08:50 2

looks like this could be it:

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