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So I started messing around with Compiz a bit

I enabled window decorations but that made me disable unity plugin

So no launcher and no task bar or whatever it's called in Linux I accidentaly minimised the Compiz Settings and POOF it's gone I opened the monitor settings to end compiz's process now am stuck with no borders at all! so I booted into Live mode just to ask here :z do I need a fresh install or is there a solution?

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omarlink
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  • have you tried to purge unity and reinstall ubuntu-desktop? with like, sudo apt-get purge unity && sudo apt-get install --reinstall ubuntu-desktop There might be a better command bot this does the job at least. It might be a good idea to purge compiz as well, just to get rid of it. Have you tried to create a new user? that might work as well.. – Alvar May 13 '14 at 16:47
  • That's the point there is NO terminal i cant open it even with ctrl+alt+t :$ – omarlink May 13 '14 at 16:56
  • can you open in fail safe mode, like when you boot you can select different kernels and fail safe? – Alvar May 13 '14 at 17:01
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    Open a Virtual Console. Ctrl-Alt-F1 to open it, Ctrl-Alt-F7 to go back to your graphic display. – Rmano May 13 '14 at 17:02
  • " do I need a fresh install " this is hardly ever needed. Though sometimes it is the quickest method :) – Rinzwind May 14 '14 at 06:49

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Open a Virtual Console. Ctrl+Alt+F1 to open it.

rm ~/.gconf ~/.gconfd ~/.metacity ~/.compiz-1 ~/.config/compiz-1 ~/.config/dconf -rf

And then reboot. It will remove all the settings and start Ubuntu in vanilla state.

BuZZ-dEE
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ajit
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Explanation

All the solutions above did not work for me. What did, instead, is this

rm -rf ~/.config/gtk-3.0

after having removed what @ajit said

rm  -rf ~/.gconf ~/.gconfd ~/.metacity ~/.compiz-1 ~/.config/compiz-1 ~/.config/dconf

How to fix it

In conclusion, Ctrl+Alt+F1, log in to your account

sudo service lightdm stop
rm  -rf ~/.gconf ~/.gconfd ~/.metacity ~/.compiz-1 ~/.config/compiz-1 ~/.config/dconf ~/.config/gtk-3.0
sudo service lightdm restart
Atcold
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Install unity-tweak-tool: 

sudo service lightdm restart

Then run as normal user: 

unity-tweak-tool --reset-unity
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