Used #4 with modification: sudo chown -R $USER ~/.config
can be run from anywhere and will be given access to the user who runs it. Works a treat. -- Alacarte crashes on open https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/146528 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to alacarte in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs