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How To Add Programs To Your Startup In KDE

I discovered the best way for me to mount my ssh shares via sshfs automatically when I log in. I add shares and folders from time to time, and I also wanted this technology to automatically be backed up for me, so I wanted the solution to lie inside my home folder. I did some research and learned that KDE has an Autostart folder. For KDE 3.x this is currently at ~/.kde/Autostart, and for KDE4 it is ~/.kde4 (which will eventually drop the 4). I’m already hosting my scripts in ~/bin, so I created a script in that folder to execute sshfs and create the mounts. I then created a link by right-dragging the icon in Konqueror from the ~/bin/ folder to ~/.kde/Autostart. This will work for any executable or script. Now my sshfs mounts automatically at login.

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