Hello, Glad it is resolved! For future reference, this Mint forum thread might help:
https://community.linuxmint.com/tutorial/view/2195 1) Open up your terminal (ctrl+alt+t) 2) Run the following command in the terminal: gsettings reset-recursively org.cinnamon (THIS IS FOR CINNAMON) gsettings reset-recursively org.mate.panel (THIS IS FOR MATE) 3) Hit Enter Best wishes Emily On Mon, Nov 15, 2021, 7:59 AM Dick Steffens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/14/21 5:57 PM, Ben Koenig wrote: > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > > On Sunday, November 14th, 2021 at 12:14 PM, Dick Steffens < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I added an icon to my bottom panel in Linux Mint Mate 20.2. When I did, > >> > >> all the open window buttons disappeared. The windows are still there, > >> > >> but if I minimize them, I don't have the buttons to restore them. DDG > >> > >> searches not helpful. How do I get them back? > >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Dick Steffens > > There's a command to reset the panel but it's been so long that I can't > remember what it is. > > > > If you can't find it when searching for the MATE desktop, try asking the > same question for the old GNOME 2 desktop. The command for MATE is very > similar. There's also a config file you can delete as a last resort but I > think that's based on 10 year old information. > > > > There's a howto for this at Free Geek since it came up a lot when I was > working there. > > -Ben > > Thanks for your reply. It turns out that when I put the icon on the tray > I tried to put it in the group on the left. It actually went in the > group on the right, but all the way to the left. When it did that, it > hid all the buttons for open programs. Moving the icon to the right > unhid all the open program buttons > > -- > Regards, > > Dick Steffens > > >
