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So I started messing around with Compiz a bit

I enabled window decorations but that made me disable unity plugin

So no launcher and no task bar or whatever it's called in Linux I accidentaly minimised the Compiz Settings and POOF it's gone I opened the monitor settings to end compiz's process now am stuck with no borders at all! so I booted into Live mode just to ask here :z do I need a fresh install or is there a solution?

Rinzwind
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omarlink
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3 Answers3

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Open a Virtual Console. Ctrl+Alt+F1 to open it.

rm ~/.gconf ~/.gconfd ~/.metacity ~/.compiz-1 ~/.config/compiz-1 ~/.config/dconf -rf

And then reboot. It will remove all the settings and start Ubuntu in vanilla state.

BuZZ-dEE
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ajit
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Explanation

All the solutions above did not work for me. What did, instead, is this

rm -rf ~/.config/gtk-3.0

after having removed what @ajit said

rm  -rf ~/.gconf ~/.gconfd ~/.metacity ~/.compiz-1 ~/.config/compiz-1 ~/.config/dconf

How to fix it

In conclusion, Ctrl+Alt+F1, log in to your account

sudo service lightdm stop
rm  -rf ~/.gconf ~/.gconfd ~/.metacity ~/.compiz-1 ~/.config/compiz-1 ~/.config/dconf ~/.config/gtk-3.0
sudo service lightdm restart
Atcold
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Install unity-tweak-tool: 

sudo service lightdm restart

Then run as normal user: 

unity-tweak-tool --reset-unity
Tshilidzi Mudau
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Silvio Bandeira
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