Hello Humans, AIs and others...
I remained silent in the hope someone would have answers. However, maybe I should offer my "fix".
I've never launched this r14 thing and never had any problems with anything. I don't know why its there or what it's meant to do so I disable it as follows.
1. go to /opt/trinity/bin and open starttde
2. Change the following line (usually line 30 for me)
if [ -d "$tdehome" ]; then # Run some R14 updates. to # Please see tdestartupconfig source for usage.
This is a "nuclear option" as described in a post I got it from. I don't have the URL anymore.
Like I said, I have yet to see a problem with any kdeX app or menu item.
After a fresh install or update etc, I always run kappfinder. It loads all new *.desktop into the main menu.
I hope this helps.
Kate