Oh, please tell me what on earth I did wrong!!! Taking a look at the different apps available on my system. Thought I would try out Ximian Evolution, looked cool. I was able to set up local mail, pop mail, calendar, tasks and an address book all with one app. Quick, easy, simple to set up. It worked nice on my tests. I was left with a few questions, so I clicked on "help" in the menu. OOPS!! I got several error messages related to CORBA, Gnome, and Nautilus (which I am not able to reproduce any more, sorry), one of which I still get: ""ghelp:///opt/gnome/share/gnome/help/evolution/C/index.html" is not a valid location. Please check the spelling and try again. " So I looked for the file at that address. It's there, no problems with the spelling, and I can access the file directly. After selecting "help" I also wound up getting a Nautilus window showing my home directory. These are not my real problems. My desktop was changed to Gnome!! I still have the KDE panel and panel menus (some of these items no longer function). The desktop menu and icons were changed to Gnome. In logging off (or restarting the computer), I am brought to my regular login manager, which lists users, desktops, etc.. Gnome isn't one of the WM options, never has been (I would eventually like to change that). When selcting KDE and logging on, my original desktop is brought up for about 3 seconds, then I get Gnome again. What do I need to do to get KDE back, and not have Evolution change me back to Gnome? Massive amounts of TIA! Bernd