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I changed some settings in Unity and then I ran the Setsid unity command and now every time I try and boot up Ubuntu I can login just fine but the desktop is completely empty besides my background picture. I'm not sure how to fix it as I can't open the terminal or anything. Please help?

Thanks!

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Press Ctrl + Alt + F2 - and you will get be able to log into the terminal. Once you are logged in, reinstall unity by doing the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop
sudo apt-get install unity

Once that is done, restart your machine. If that doesn't solve your problem then:

If you have Compiz, you might also need to reset all changes made by Compiz:

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
dconf reset -f /org/compiz/

If you have Unity tweak tool, you might also need to do reset it:

sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool
unity-tweak-tool --reset-unity

If that also fails, then maybe deleting the settings files:

rm  -rf ~/.compiz-1 
rm -rf ~/.config/compiz-1

Lastly, you could try the following:

sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
dconf reset -f /org/compiz/
unity --reset-icons
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  • I did all that and I still can't seem to fix it. Also I don't have the folder /org/compiz. Sometimes when I login all the stuff on the screen flashes like the folders and such.
    – user598267
    Sep 23, 2016 at 17:42
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  • Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T or right click on desktop, select Open Terminal)
  • On terminal run: unity --reset