Programs only open with Krunner, desktop icons missing after 2-12-2023 Update

create a new test user in system settings, reboot and log in with the test user …
if it has no issues its something messed up in your main user, so in that case, in your main user in your home directory rename the following folders:
.cache to .cache.bak
.config to .config.bak
and delete or rename the kscreen folder in /home/.local/share/kscreen
reboot

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