KDE has Gone KAPLOWIE !!!!!!!!

Hey all,
It seems that my KDE has gone the way of the Dodo. I powered down and
when i rebooted KDE came up but none of the icon or configuration
changes that i have been running were there anymore. So i switch to
Gnome to see if that worked. It was going strong, but any app associated
with KDE will not open and i have used them in Gnome before. Any
suggestions ?
BTW, I am running Mandrake 8.2.
Ray
malbojia@qwest.net