[xubuntu-users] screwed up panels [solved]

[bob]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 01:06:32 +0300
TOM TOM <thomasthoma at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 12:27 AM, bob <bob.currie at bulkley.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:03:56 +0300
> > TOM TOM <thomasthoma at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 11:28 PM, bob <bob.currie at bulkley.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi.  Sorry for such an elementary question.  I've screwed up trying to
> > set
> > > > up panels in my wife's login in 12.04-what files do I delete to start
> > over?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >               b
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> > > Hi. Try .config/xfce4/panel
> >
> > Thanks Tom.  I tried it and what it did wasn't actually what I was looking
> > for.
> >
> > It still left the panels as I'd left them (i.e. screwed up) except that
> > some launchers were now missing.
> >
> > What I'm really aiming for is this.  I'd deleted the top panel (she
> > doesn't like to have a top panel) and set up the bottom panel for her.
> >  However, she likes the bottom panel to show what programs are open, as she
> > was used to in Windows.  The bottom panel can have lots of room for that as
> > she doesn't use panel launchers.
> >
> > When I put a top panel back now, it doesn't do that-it's just blank
> > waiting to be filled in.  I was hoping to get back to the default panels
> > and start from there.  I'd then move the top panel to the bottom and
> > customize it for her.
> >
> > Of course, I could just copy all her documents, delete her as a user and
> > delete her home directory completely and start over, but was hoping for an
> > easier way to do it.
> >
> > Thanks again for anything you can do.
> >
> >                                          b
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> sorry about that, try deleting the folder .config/xfce4, logout and log
> back in.

Perfect, thanks.

                b