# No program opens **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbie\ **Created:** [February 8, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/no-program-opens/37009 "2023-02-08T17:14:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![petsam](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/petsam/32/41308_2.png) [@petsam](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/petsam)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/no-program-opens/37009/8 "2023-02-08T22:11:05Z")
> [@Eoef](#): > > How renaming that had any effect, what it actually did? With some plasma/kde developed package updates, several configuration procedures, settings, and/or values change in a way that is not backwards compatible. This often produces such problems in Plasma/KDE sessions, because, while the new packages are installed on the system (system folders/files), the already existing configurations (folders, files) in the users’ folders are not automatically updated. Then, when you login after an update (and reboot), the local files do not include the _correct_ settings/values that the _new_ packages expect, leading to a broken session. Thus, deleting the _defective_ local configuration file, triggers plasma to create a new, _clean_ file from a system template, which contains all the _correct_ directives, settings, values. Of course, you need to re-customize any _lost_ custom configuration again. FWIW, plasma devs could have taken care of this bad situation, if they wanted, or if they could (although, I am pretty sure they have enough skills to do it 🤷 ). For example, OTOH, Gnome has such a mechanism (a bash script file) that handles differences between old and new versions, even if this is only for one simple task. The idea is exactly the same. I would have opened such a bug report upstream KDE, but I hate to point out such an obvious and so widely known problem with plasma updates, towards a team that is so busy developing a trillion of features, that forgets to make their users’ (customers’) lives a little easier (saving them from their development insufficiencies). Sorry KDE lovers for the harsh comment, but this is from my personal experience. 🤷 😢 --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/no-program-opens/37009)._