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This is really weird. I just followed this tutorial:

http://ubuntuportal.com/2012/05/install-elementary-desktop-environment-in-ubuntu-12-04-lts.html

and it didn't work. My computer is all back to normal apart from the fact I have no minimise button. Yes I have searched but everyone is complaining about all the buttons. This is literally just minimise. Close is on the left, maximise is on the right and there is nothing else.

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    Do you still have the 'minimize' entry as seen from dconf-editor? See: http://askubuntu.com/questions/9867/how-to-switch-window-controls-to-the-left – Takkat Sep 24 '13 at 12:54
  • Just added it and it works! Thanks! But maximize and minimize are over the right instead of left now – andy Sep 24 '13 at 13:35
  • Scrap that. Used commas instead of semicolons and it worked. – andy Sep 24 '13 at 13:36

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The appearence, order, and location of the close, maximize, and minimize buttons are defined in the dconf path /org/gnome/shell/overrides/button-layout where windows button settings default to

close,minimize,maximize:

To edit this path I recommend to use dconf-editor and edit them from the GUI rather than from command line, as the terminology and paths of this keys had changed a lot and may change again in the future. From the GUI you will notice.

See also: How to switch window controls to the left (Gnome Shell)?

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