> ~/Desktop is the objects on your desktop (files / folders / etc.) > > your settings are typically stored in ~/.gnome or ~/.gnome2 > or ~/.gconf > > try moving them... mv .gnome .gnome-bak one at a time and then log in > again and see what works. Moving them rather than deleting them allows > you to recover settings that you might want to keep > > Craig > Thanks Craig for the idea. I'll try that out. I may try it at a file-level as well and see what happens. If not, I guess I'll just re-create the user because I'm stumped. Michael