Index: kio/kio/kservice.cpp
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--- kio/kio/kservice.cpp.orig
+++ kio/kio/kservice.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,10 @@ KService::init( KDesktopFile *config )
   m_bAllowAsDefault = config->readBoolEntry( "AllowDefault", true );
   entryMap.remove("AllowDefault");
 
-  m_initialPreference = config->readNumEntry( "InitialPreference", 1 );
+  m_initialPreference = config->readNumEntry( "X-KDE-InitialPreference", 1 );
+  entryMap.remove("X-KDE-InitialPreference");
+  if ( m_initialPreference == 1 )
+     m_initialPreference = config->readNumEntry( "InitialPreference", 1 );
   entryMap.remove("InitialPreference");
 
   // Store all additional entries in the property map.