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I set my system to automatically log in my id with the icewmsession desktop.
I because of other issues I decided to switch it to the Plasma desktop.
Things became worse - I can't seem to access anything - not even MCC.
I tried running the icewm session from root in "Rescue Mode",
but MCC won't seem to run.

Is there a way to update the config settings using the command Line interface
and restore back to icewmsession?

To change back to icewm, edit the file ~/.desktop and change DESKTOP=Plasma to DESKTOP=IceWM

Sorry - That did not seem to work.
The 'autologin' is still 'cranking up' the Plasma Desktop.
I compared the .desktop setting on a machine [with out autologin].
It has no .desktop file. I therefore deleted [ actually renamed ] my .desktop file.
It is still 'cranking up' the Plasma Desktop.

Where is the 'autologin' setting persisted?

What do you have in /etc/sysconfig/desktop ?

DESKTOP=Plasma
DISPLAYMANGER=sddm

[there may be some typos in the above
I am writing the post one one machine and referring to the contents on another]

If you're using sddm, then autologin is configured in /etc/sddm.conf
You would need to remove the session there, see also https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SDDM#Autologin

Although you don't need a graphical session nor icewm to run MCC, you can simply run drakconf from a text console (in recovery mode).

Thank you
running drakconf from text console allowed me to reset things using MCC

Issue solved.