Goofed-up main menu when reverting to KDE 4.4.5 from KDE 4.5

Last night I gave into temptation and installed KDE 4.5 from testing. Then this morning, I changed my mind and reverted to KDE 4.4.5. (Women do *not* have a monopoly on changing one's mind.)
My return to safety went well except for the fact that the main KDE menu (activated by the big K with the gear) now shows up as a series of colorful diagonal stripes with a big white space in the middle.
I had already restored my previous ~/.kde4, but, beyond that, I can't figure out what to do to get the menu to display properly.
Even when I launch kde as root, the menu looks like this, so I think the damage is perhaps more profound than user configuration files.
Thanks for any help!

dhave wrote:
jlacroix wrote:
I think it's here:
~/.config/menus/applications-kmenuedit.menu
Thanks. That config file does indeed govern at least the classic style K menu, and I guess it does the same for the kickoff style K menu. It's intact and it's doing its job for the classic style K menu. But when I switch to kickoff style, the menu still is completely empty -- though at least not distorted.
A real kmystery...
You could try making a backup copy of the entire menus folder and then log in again. You may want to do so while you're not logged in to KDE because I've known KDE to add things back that I delete (as far as configurations) upon logoff.
I recommend rebooting, and when KDM comes up press ALT+CTRL+F1, log in, and them back up and rename the menus folder, .kde4 folder, and .kde folder if it exists. When you log in you will get a completely fresh set up.

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