I installed 2 programs the other day and when I went to go use them they were nowhere to be found. I went to the Application Manager and found them installed on my N800. At that point I remembered that new programs, unless the system asks, get put in the 'Extras' folder. I was surprised to find the folder missing. I tried to add the folder in the 'Navigation' settings but was told that the folder already exisits and is in use. Is it possible that it is hidden? I thought maybe a soft-reset might bring it back, but no luck. I have since deleted the programs thinking that the folder might delete itself and then I would be able to add it as a 'New' folder. That didn't work and I received the same message that the folder already exists. Is there a way to find out where it is in the system? Please be gentle I'm a Newbie to the Linux OS.

What were the names of the programs you tried to install. they may need to be run from a command line.

If you find out how to do it, please post to this thread how you did it. I have installed many packages and they are in "multimedia", another hidden folder that does not exist and cannot be displayed so I can run them. I'm no Linux hacker, either, and don't have root or xterm access. Application manager is buggy as hell. Since 10/30 it has been unable to update its app list because of a long list of errors it encounters when servers are dead or sending out crap. It's too stupid to recover, giving the same log errors over and over and there are no end-user controls to force it to start over. It also installs apps into folders that it doesn't install into the application menus so you can play them.

Application Manager needs some serious work, including some way for a non-Linux user to recover it when it crashes.

Please post what you find out. Thanks
Larry

This does sound like a case where the apps you installed don't have launchable icons, per se, and must be launched via xterm (this usually means that the app developer chose not to add that functionality, or that he/she is not to that point in their development cycle yet). Likewise, it is possible to install support files (Libs, plugins, etc.) that only affect certain apps and aren't actually meant to be launchable. As asked previously, what apps are they?

As for refreshing your Repositories is concerned... It really does depend on what Repos you have installed in your Application Manager. If some are third-party Repos, then, depending on the reliability of the server, it might just depend on what time of day that you refresh your Repos. If you just have official Nokia Repos installed, then you may want to file a bug report.

Tim