Panel problems

[garagestmarien]

Yesterday I updated via "Update manager" and there was about 4 updates to download. I really didn't pay too much attention as to what they were.
Anyway the update went okay and I rebooted. On re-boot my top panel had dissapeared. The bottom one was still there so I used that to create a new panel, posistioned at the top. But it only placed itself under where the original top one was.
I tried right clicking in the top empty space, but nothing happened.
So I moved the new top panel to the left side and set it to auto hide.
The trouble with this, is that it is hidden and refuses to come back out (maybe it can sense my frustration )
I can see it is still there as the cpu monitor that was added, can just be made out working.
So I added a log out button to the bottom panel today and used this to reboot.
On reboot the top panel is back.
So I have one question and one problem left.
How do I get rid of the hidden left side panel and what made this happen?
(I remember from using Xubuntu, that when you selected panel properties you could choose which panel to edit, but sadly this doesn't seem to be the case with Ultimate Edition 2.9, maybe something for the future or an update)

John

[pclinuxguru]

What ya should have done first, a simple .

Alt f2

Type

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Killall gnome-panel

This would have reset all panels and returned the missing panel.

Easy as that.

Make note of this for next time. For now, right click an open unused spot on the unwanted panel and select delete this panel.

[garagestmarien]

Thanks for the advise, but it doesn't work.
In the run application box it says no such file or directory and in terminal it says not such instruction as killall.
The panel I cannot remove is at the left side and is set to auto hide and although I can see the edge of it, no clicking etc will control it.

[Hawks-SOAD]

try going into your home folder, unhide folder ( crtl + H ) then removing

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/.gconf/apps/panel

remember just the "panel" folder then log out then back in
(note this will delete all the settings you placed on the panel and go back to default)

[garagestmarien]

Okay,
I have fixed it before I saw these latest replies and what I have done has worked.
It may not be right or conventional, but it worked.

Do this:-

Alt F2, check run in terminal, enter code:

gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel && killall gnome-panel

The you are left with just the wallpaper.
Right click on desktop, select "scripts / terminal here"
That gets you the terminal and then enter sudo reboot (and your password when asked)

On reboot my panels were back to original

But thank you everyone for the suggestions

John

[Hawks-SOAD]

Okay,
I have fixed it before I saw these latest replies and what I have done has worked.
It may not be right or conventional, but it worked.

Do this:-

Alt F2, check run in terminal, enter code:

gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel && killall gnome-panel

The you are left with just the wallpaper.
Right click on desktop, select "scripts / terminal here"
That gets you the terminal and then enter sudo reboot (and your password when asked)

On reboot my panels were back to original

But thank you everyone for the suggestions

John

glad you got it all sorted

[pclinuxguru]

Oops

Posted that on the iPad, it tends to auto cap.

In my defense, it was 3:30 am when I posted it lol.