Bottom Control Bar

[mlapage]

I have installed 'NOOBS' to my RPi, installed Raspbian and updated with a re-boot. I have found that the drop-down menus on the bar at the bottom of the screen are no longer there (Accessories, etc.). I am new to forum, but I am sure this problem has been discussed before. Would someone direct me to the fix discussion.
Thanks,
Mike

[DeeJay]

I think this may be a related thread... http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/viewto ... 91&t=28400

[mlapage]

I think this may be a related thread... http://www.raspberrypi.org/forum/viewto ... 91&t=28400

DeeJay,

Thank you for the link, I did as suggested but it did not help. When I entered the command and returned I got '>'. I don't know what that suggests. So I am back to square one.

Thanks again

[DeeJay]

I think that suggests you mistyped that (rather convoluted) command!

This is what it looks like for me, with before and after views for comparison.

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pi@raspberrypi ~ $ ls -al ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE
total 8
drwx------ 2 pi pi 4096 Feb 27 21:30 .
drwx------ 3 pi pi 4096 Feb 27 21:30 ..

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ cp  -rp   /etc/xdg/lxpanel/profile/LXDE/*    ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE/

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ ls -al ~/.config/lxpanel/LXDE                                
total 16
drwx------ 3 pi pi 4096 Mar 31 16:53 .
drwx------ 3 pi pi 4096 Feb 27 21:30 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi   81 May 18  2012 config
drwxr-xr-x 2 pi pi 4096 Jan  1  1970 panels

pi@raspberrypi ~ $

Oh - and it fixes the absence of the missing panel as well...

[mlapage]

I entered the first command you suggest and got this return:

ls: cannot access/home/pi/.config/lxpanel/LXDE: No such file or directory

Should I be in 'root' or another directory?

My 'ls' is:

Desktop ocr_pi.png python_games

[mlapage]

DeeJay,

I re-installed NOOBS and entered the commands on the command line as you suggested and got what you show - total 16, etc.

When I go to Desktop and select the icon next to the 'bird' icon I am getting an 'Application Launch Bar' Settings box with several other selections. I select the launch bar settings and and get a ALB box. It shows Applications with two selections-File Manager and Web Browser on the left side. Available Applications with Accessories ... Preferences (9 selections) on the right side each has a small open arrow on the left of each selection. Add, Remove, Up and Down vertically centered.

It appears the applications are present but not accessible? Is this correct and if so, how do I access them?

Thanks

[DeeJay]

I wonder if this is a problem with the setup/detection of your mouse?

The icon to the right of the bird/arrow icon is for the File Manager (visually a bit like 'Explorer' [not the browser] on a Windows system), and that starts up correctly if I Left-click its icon. The Application Launch Bar dialog is what I see if I Right-click it.

To see a categorised menu of links to installed applications Left-Click on the bottom left Bird/Arrow icon. (A bit like the Start button on that other Operating System.)

[mlapage]

That did it!!

I am having trouble setting up my wireless mouse. However, my mouse has two side buttons that seem to act like a 'left click'. When I use those the apps box appears.

I am learning the system slowly.

Thanks again for all your help!