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Here you will find settings for '''KWalletManager''', the application that magages your passwords and controls which applications gets access to them.
Here you will find settings for '''KWalletManager''', the application that manages your passwords and controls which applications gets access to them.


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Revision as of 10:56, 10 July 2011

In Account Details you will find settings affecting your user account.

Password & User Account

Here you can change your password and the image associated with your user account. You can also edit the personal information that is associated with your account, and you can change the way the password entry field on the login screen behaves.

Change your image

In order to change your image, you just need to click on the box at the left side of your username, which should contain your current image. A face selection window will pop up. There you can choose between the different images avaliables, or click on Custom image to search for an image file in your computer. Once you have chosen your desired image, press OK.

In case you are not able to edit your picture, go to Login Screen, and in the Users tab change User Image Source to "User, system" or "User".

Paths

Here you can configure your preferred directories for different kinds of content, such as your Desktop Folder or your Music Folder. Applications can use there values as default.

For example, if you set a value for the Music Folder, first time you start Amarok it will ask you if you want to use that folder to store your music collection.

KDE Wallet

Here you will find settings for KWalletManager, the application that manages your passwords and controls which applications gets access to them.

Social Desktop

Here you will find settings for your social desktop which includes the provider of Get Hot New Stuff.

Web Shortcuts

These settings allows you to manage your web shortcuts.

Applications like Konqueror and KRunner lets you search a wide variety of information providers on the web. If you enable web shortcuts, you simply type a short provider specific prefix followed by your search term. To search the web for pages about KDE, for example, you can just open KRunner (press Alt + F2) and type gg: KDE. The results will be shown in your standard browser.