Different results from one install CD: KMenu issues

[Jim MacLeod]

Ollie Killingback wrote:

> I made the move to Kubuntu reasonably recently and used one CD to
> install it on both my Laptop and Desktop.  There are some differences,
> some of which are trivial such as on the Laptop I have a trash bin and
> on the Desktop I have a recycle bin - how did they get different names?
> I'd like to know but it doesn't really matter.
> 
> Much more annoying is the KMenu.  On the laptop I have Edutainment and
> Games among the menu sections.  On the desktop they are absent.  When I
> open the menu editor on my Desktop PC the items are present, they just
> don't show on the menu.  I don't see why there should be a difference,
> and more to the point, I can't find a way to show the missing items on
> the menu.
> 
> Help to do the this would be much appreciated, and ideas as to why the
> differences arose would be interesting.
> 
AFAIK if there are no items in a section eg Edutainment then that is not
shown. I guess the Menu editor has to show every section available so that
they can be edited.
The files are under/etc/xdg/menus - perhaps comparing the laptop to desktop
may give some idea why the menus differ as I can offer no explanation,
sorry

> Ollie K

Jim