[Solved] Can't find a way to run network manager in kde

Struggling a little to get wi-fi set up on an arch machine running kde
I've installed plasma-applet-networkmanagement but I can't get it to run
There isn't any launcher for the applet on the menu anywhere but I have been able to find a .deskop file for it at:  /usr/share/kde4/services/plasma-applet-networkmanagement.desktop
When I try to run it though I get a little dialog box showing the following error
The desktop entry of type
Service
is unknown
I've viewed the .desktop file in kwrite and these are the entries which seem relevant to running it
Type=Service
X-KDE-ServiceTypes=Plasma/Applet
Icon=networkmanager
X-KDE-PluginInfo-EnabledByDefault=true
X-Plasma-NotificationArea=true
The last entry seems to be telling it to place the network manager applet in the tray if I'm understanding it correctly, but this doesn't happen
Anyone able to tell me how to get the kde network manager working?
Last edited by Ecky (2011-12-27 17:47:34)

If you add a widget to the panel, or if you add a widget to the desktop -- in the ribbon that lets you select widgets, you should have one called "Network Management"
If you do, drag it to where you want the control. 
If you don't, well... Let's see what happens first

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