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I'm new to Ubuntu and was looking in the ccsm. I think I have disabled something as now there is no apps/programs/icons down the side and no menu across the top of screen to minimise or exit a program.

How do I get back to the dash and ccsm menu if I can see it on the screen? Is there a keyboard shortcut?

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Open a Terminal with the following shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+t then type the ccsm command:

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It should open CompizConfig Settings Manager.

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If you are running an Ubuntu version prior to 14.04, you may consider a "factory reset" of Unity. Open a terminal with Ctrl+Alt+T and type:

unity --reset

Then press Enter.


If you are running 14.04, or the above method doesn't work, you can also completely wipe your Compiz configuration. Open a terminal (or even better, login from a TTY) and then type:

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

Then log in again. It should be back to the defaults.

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    It won't work on 14.04 (ERROR: the reset option is now deprecated ) Jul 31, 2014 at 11:53
  • You are right. I will update my answer with another possible solution. Aug 2, 2014 at 10:43

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