KDE Personal Files weird behaviour [SOLVED]

Well, I had this problem and I solved it, but it was odd enough that I thought I should post about it in case anyone else has a problem like this.
In my KMenu, if I clicked on Personal Files (Home), I expect to go to /home/$USER. Of course, it decided that I should rather go to /mnt/c, which is an NTFS mount I have. Anyway, I checked in the Control Center to make sure $HOME actually pointed to the right place, and it did. I could not find out how to change this Personal Files entry in the GUI to point to the right location!
Anyway, it turns out the answer is in the file
/home/$USER/.kde/share/apps/konqueror/profiles/filemanagement
and the entry to change is right near the bottom (in my case):
ViewT0_URL=file:/mnt/c
Ah Ha! Changed that to $HOME and everything is great again.

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Sat May 26 18:53:22 2007
panic(cpu 0 caller 0x001A429B): Unresolved kernel trap (CPU 0, Type 14=page fault), registers:
CR0: 0x80010033, CR2: 0x00000008, CR3: 0x00d6a000, CR4: 0x000006e0
EAX: 0x038f5640, EBX: 0x00000008, ECX: 0x03adbccc, EDX: 0x14023d68
CR2: 0x00000008, EBP: 0x14023cc8, ESI: 0x12871360, EDI: 0x03adbc08
EFL: 0x00010202, EIP: 0x0015abfa, CS: 0x00000008, DS: 0x00000010
Backtrace, Format - Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
0x14023aa8 : 0x128d08 (0x3cb134 0x14023acc 0x131de5 0x0)
0x14023ae8 : 0x1a429b (0x3d0e4c 0x0 0xe 0x3d0670)
0x14023bf8 : 0x19ada4 (0x14023c10 0x31dbe80 0x14023c68 0x190ef9)
0x14023cc8 : 0x15c7f4 (0x3adbc00 0x190 0xb3200000 0x0)
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TARGET COMPUTER:
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App does not run: No broken run button, the app launches but does nothing when the vi is run. No error messages.
The block diagram is still inaccessible, even after selecting the “Enable debugging” option in the build specifications.
DEVELOPMENT COMPUTER:
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Created and ran only an executable on the target PC, the attempt was unsuccessful. The vi showed similar characteristics as mentioned above in the target PC section.
Created and ran an installer with additional install options(LV2012 f4 RTE and DAQmx 9.7)on the target PC, the attempt was again unsuccessful. The vi showed similar characteristics as mentioned above in the target PC section. No error messages.
Tried both the steps mentioned above on the development computer and the attempts were successful. .
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Hey guys,
So, got the application to work. Almost.
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Field headings, which are populated after the test is conducted.
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Does any one know whats doing that?
Please refer to the attached word files.
Right - It is the file format desired.
Wrong - It is the file format achieved.
Please advise.
Thanks,
RP.
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