How do I add applications to the &kde; panel (&kicker;)? There are several ways to add an application to the panel, of which the easiest is to right-click on the panel, and from the context menu which appears, select Panel MenuAddApplication Button and then the application for which you want to add a link. For more ways of adding buttons to the panel, refer to the &kicker; Handbook. My desktop panel has disappeared. How can I get it back? The panel disappearing is usually due to it crashing. This is most often caused by loading an applet that has a fatal bug or due to a bad installation of &kde; and/or the panel. The easiest way to get the panel back is to launch the Run Command window by pressing &Alt;F2 and entering kicker and then pressing the OK button. If the panel continues to disappear, you may wish to either remove or edit by hand your $KDEHOME/share/config/kickerrc file, where $KDEHOME is usually ~/.kde. If you choose to edit it by hand, start by removing the applet entry groups.