Help! Docky just stopped working.

[Ranger_Joe]

Hello all,
Docky was working fine until about 2 hours ago. I restarted my computer and all of a sudden, it didn't work. It didn't launch on startup, I can't open it by going to Accessories>Docky, I can't create a shortcut and open it that way... nothing.

I tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it but that didn't work either.

The weird thing is... it works if I switch users. However, under my user account, it will not open. Please help!

[~Plue]

The weird thing is... it works if I switch users. However, under my user account, it will not open. Please help!

try removing your docky config files
it would be in your .config, .gconf or .local/share folder (cant recall the exact one)

[Ranger_Joe]

I have no idea where to find any of that. Would that explain why it works for other users on my machine?

[Ranger_Joe]

If this helps AT ALL... I think it was totally accidental. I think some box somewhere accidentally got checked or something like that. I just don't understand why it has stopped working on my user profile.

[~Plue]

I have no idea where to find any of that. Would that explain why it works for other users on my machine?

disregard that last comment. the config files are in .local/share .cache/docky and .gconf/apps/. (from the docky wiki)
open your home directory and press ctrl+H to see hidden directories

or just run the following

rm -r ~/.local/share/docky     (if version 2.0.x)
rm -r ~/.local/share/dockmanager/         (if version 2.1.x)
rm -r ~/.cache/docky
gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/docky-2

Would that explain why it works for other users on my machine?

yep. each user's configuration is stored within their home folder