Top bar of windows not appearing

[psam3]

So I just turned my computer on, and there is no top bar on any of the windows, the one with the close, minimize, and maximize buttons. Maybe it is there, but the buttons aren't showing up. Last time I was on, I was fooling around with system themes and Emerald and Compiz and all that. I don't know what I did, but is there any way to bring those buttons back? I tried setting everything back to default, but nothing.

Thanks

[slughappy1]

Go to CompizConfig Settings Manager and take a screenshot of Effects->Window Decorations.

[3rdalbum]

Try hitting Alt-F2 and typing:

metacity --replace

Because it looks like your window manager is not starting.

[psam3]

Go to CompizConfig Settings Manager and take a screenshot of Effects->Window Decorations.

Try hitting Alt-F2 and typing:

metacity --replace

Because it looks like your window manager is not starting.

I figured it out, thanks. The window decorator was set to Emerald instead of GTK

[joes7]

Open a terminal and writefce4-panel

[MelDJ]

reload/change the window manager