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Appearance does not change on switching the theme

For some reason, from about a few days ago, windows and icons look like Linux circa 1995.

I tried resetting my theme to "Radiance", but it was already set to that.

I don't know why anything would suddenly look different in my themes or icon sets or anything. I haven't done anything to change my interface.

In any case, how do I get back the theme I had before? I think it was "human" or "gnome" or something like that. Nice orange folders and stuff.

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If you install gnome-tweak-tool:

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

you can access more customization options, including the theme, by launching 'Advanced settings' or gnome-tweak-tool through a terminal. A good starting point would be to see if the original themes (ubuntu-mono-dark for icons, ambiance for window and gtk+) are still listed in this tool under 'Theme'.

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  • Thanks for this tip. In gnome-tweak-tool, all the icon themes are there, but changing them has no effect on the style of icons I'm seeing. If I change the "Window theme" the changes take place immediately. The "Icon theme", currently set to "Humanity" looks nothing like Humanity. No matter what I change it to, it looks like this clunky decades old Linux style of icons. – Questioner Jan 06 '12 at 18:38