The same thing happened to me, don't know why.

Edit /usr/local/kde/share/applinks/Home.kdelnk
change:
        Exec=kfmclient folder %u file:/root
to
        Exec=kfmclient folder %u file:$HOME



On 31-May-98 Bo Rosen wrote:
> Hi,
> Everytime I open kfm it opens in /root instead of in my normal user home
> directory i.e /home/brosen. It worked correctly a while back, but I seem to
> have
> done something dumb, any ideas? Oh, the "home" button works correctly.
> 
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