Glad you have found a workaround for your borked own profile. As this is not a bug per se, and EOL is coming very soon, i'm closing that report.
** Tags added: artful ** Changed in: gedit (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1752140 Title: Gedit menu button disappear (17.10) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gedit/+bug/1752140/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs