Unity Lenses Missing (files/folders, applications)

Question

The File & Folders lens and default Applications lens is missing from my dock. How can I get them back?

All the icons came back except the two missing lenses. unity-place-applications and unity-place-files are both currently installed.

Do you have .desktop files for both in /usr/share/unity/places? Have you tried reinstalling the packaged (sudo apt-get install --reinstall unity-place-files unity-place-applications)?
there is an applications.place file and a files.place file in that location.
@htorque Your solution worked for me -- maybe make it an answer?

htorque · Answer 1 · 2011-05-24 06:03:56Z

Make sure you have those packages installed:

unity-place-applications
unity-place-files

Make sure you have those two files in /usr/share/unity/places:
```
applications.place
files.place
```

If it still doesn't work, try to reinstall the two packages:

sudo apt-get purge unity-place-applications unity-place-files
sudo apt-get install unity-place-applications unity-place-files

If it still doesn't work, I suggest reporting a bug report:

ubuntu-bug unity # if unity is the wrong package, others will fix it

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