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herman.viaene@online.be wrote:

> Mandrake 8.0

uh, those were the days. Almost can't remember 8.0 but since you're 
referring to /usr/share/applnk-mdk...
I struggled with it to get StarOffice entries, and did it, so...

> I wanted to add a new program to the menu structure as a normal user. I
> started Drakmenu, selected the structure, added the item and saved. And
> see, somewhat 80% of the menu items had disappeared.

what disappeared? Entries in submenus or the whole of mdk menus (you know: 
Applications, Network etc)? Did you try it as root afterwards?
 
> I did search on Google, and found very little on the subject, just
> enough to point me to /usr/share/applnk-mdk and /usr/share/applnk. I
> copied a lot from another PC and got back in a workable situation.

So I guess applnk-mdk was empty? The contents of this dir are generated by 
update-menus, at least with 8.1+. Did you try running this from command 
line, it should give an error if it choked on something.
 
> My question: is this a known problem, is there a better way out, or have
> I been acting like an idiot (if you confirm, plse not too enthousiastic)

Nah, you used drakmenu and chose an available option, it's not your fault 
if it doesn't work. 

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