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I had the problem of no Alt+TAB in Gnome classic on Ubuntu 12.10 so after reading a bit I found a solution. The solution consisted of installing CompizConfig Settings Manager and enabling application switcher. The problem is that I cannot find that icon it is not in the Window Management tab of compiz.

Ok After many frustrating hours. I have completely uninstalled the gnome-shell using this as a guide: Remove Gnome Shell completely after installing it? . I then reinstalled it and the problem was still there. Then I took a look at a fresh install of 12.10 and the same problem was there as well. Then I took a look at a fresh install of 12.04 and the problem wasn't there. The option to add application switching was there and I was able to enable it. I have no idea why that option is not in 12.10.

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Alright I finally got it. On ubuntu 12.10 there are a few plug-ins missing in compiz. So you have to install compiz-plugins-extra:

sudo apt-get install compiz-plugins-extra

voila the options appears. Then you can follow this guide: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1968630

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  • In Ubuntu 14.10, the static application switcher is not available after installing ccsm (it was with 14.04), and one needs to install compiz-plugins-extra as mentioned in this answer. – Glen M Wilson Dec 20 '14 at 19:25
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Hi Type as ccsm in your terminal and then It will Open your Compiz manager.Then Select Window Management, Select Application Switcher and it will open another windows as shown in second Image . There enable Application Launcher will be there . Select It.

and you are done. Hope that helps.

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    In the window management tab there is no Application Switcher. I only have Grid, Move Window, Place Windows, Resize Window, Scale and Snapping Windows. – vman Jan 07 '13 at 16:59
  • Hi But I my self Have tried this amigo, may be we both are missing something. How you have installed gnome-classic ? – Raja G Jan 07 '13 at 17:01
  • I used this guide. http://www.filiwiese.com/installing-gnome-on-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/ – vman Jan 07 '13 at 17:02
  • yeah Now I got . Uninstall it by " sudo apt-get remove --purge gnome-shell " and remove the PPA too Then try with sudo apt-get install gnome-shell .then try again. – Raja G Jan 07 '13 at 17:06
  • I uninstalled it with " sudo apt-get remove --purge gnome-shell " and then I removed the PPA. Then I reinstalled with apt-get install gnome-shell and it was the same problem. After uninstalling it again I noticed that the gnome classic was still there does it come with ubuntu? – vman Jan 07 '13 at 17:58
  • Ok do one thing , Now again uninstall it and run . sudo apt-get autoremove autoclean then give a restart and then try again . The problem for your case is you are not using the one of Ubuntu's . so you need to get it done to get such feature in here. – Raja G Jan 07 '13 at 18:35
  • I have edited the question with a few things I tried. – vman Jan 07 '13 at 20:26
  • if running Unity - Scroll down to "Ubuntu Unity Plugin". Choose the tab "Switcher". Disable the alt-tab and shift-alt-tab key bindings. ("Key to start the switcher" and "Key to switch to the previous window in the Switcher". Click the "Back" button. – jowan sebastian Dec 03 '14 at 20:57