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Unable to run applications from Dash

Asked by Toyota4Runner

This just started to happen today. If I click on the DASH icon and click on any of the options there (Media Apps, Internet Apps, More Apps) nothing happens. If I search for an application (ie xterm, gedit, terminal) it will not find anything and just list my documents, downloads and music files. If I press ALT-F2 and try to run xterm and press enter nothing happens and it remains
on the Run screen.

I have attempted in resetting unity and unity icons. I uninstalled unity-2d and reinstalled. Rebooted and still the same thing. Any help will be much appreciated to get this backup and running as I can't run any applications other than the ones on the seid dock launcher.

Ubuntu 11.10
Unity-2D
32-bit
All updates applied as of today

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

If you run the app from terminal, does it work?

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Toyota4Runner (curiousgeorge77) said : 		#2

Yes I can run the app from the terminal. As ALT-F2 wouldn't allow me to run xterm I had to open the Filemanager up navigate to /usr/bin and execute xterm to gain access to terminal. From there I can run all commands

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Is it the same as all users?

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Toyota4Runner (curiousgeorge77) said : 		#4

I created a new user (NewUser) as only 1 user was being used to test it out. I logged in as NewUser, clicking on the DASH I was able to search for and run programs from there. I then renamed the affected users account directory to User_BAD and created a fresh new folder User. I logged back in with the account User and I was once again able to run and search programs from the DASH. I then copied all the personal folders over from the User_BAD folder to User folder. Looks like something went corrupt with the profile directory.