What you are missing is the widget that sits on the panel and displays those minimized windows. Right click on the panel, choose "Widgets" and along the bottom of the screen the built-in widgets appear. Find the one you need (it has a less than obvious name, but the description is clear), click on it and it will be at the extreme right end of the panel. You can move it where you want it by right clicking the panel and choosing settings. From my Google Nexus 7 tablet running "Jelly Bean" <div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 5, 2012 1:18 AM, "Ramesh Rao" <<a href="mailto:rameshrao55@hotmail.com">rameshrao55@hotmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div><div dir="ltr"> <div dir="ltr">All, By mistake I seem to have deleted the "minimized windows" from the status bar. I seem to have clicked on the command "Remove this panel" and now on minimizing any open window, I loose it for good. I followed the instructions given in link: <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_8388140_reset-taskbar-kubuntu.html" target="_blank">http://www.ehow.com/how_8388140_reset-taskbar-kubuntu.html</a>. I end up with following error. Essentially rm plasma-appletsrc gives following error. Highlighted red below. Proceeding further (even though this rm command failed) ended up in series of other errors. Ultimately I find plasma-desktop IS running (pa -A | grep plasma-desktop is successful). How do I kill and run plasma-desktop again? I am running kubuntu 10.04.4. I am in urgent need of help.. Thanks, Ramesh Rao <a href="tel:937-434-6625" value="+19374346625" target="_blank">937-434-6625</a> ================================================================================================================ ramesh@mozart:~$ ps -A |grep plasma 2095 ? 00:00:08 plasma-desktop ramesh@mozart:~$ kquitapp plasma-desktop ramesh@mozart:~$ rm ~/.kde4/share/config/plasma-appletsrc rm: cannot remove `/home/ramesh/.kde4/share/config/plasma-appletsrc': No such file or directory ramesh@mozart:~$ plasma & [1] 2179 ramesh@mozart:~$ plasma: command not found [1]+ Exit 127 plasma ramesh@mozart:~$ plasma-desktop & [1] 2181 ramesh@mozart:~$ QDBusObjectPath: invalid path "" QGraphicsLinearLayout::insertItem: cannot insert null item QGraphicsLinearLayout::insertItem: cannot insert null item Object::connect: No such slot AbstractItemView::iconSettingsChanged(int) Object::connect: No such signal QDBusAbstractInterface::Changed() link XMLID_34_ hasn't been detected! link XMLID_34_ hasn't been detected! link XMLID_36_ hasn't been detected! plasma-desktop(2182) MessageIndicator::adjustViewSize: No parentWidget for applet widget()! plasma-desktop(2182) MessageIndicator::adjustViewSize: No parentWidget for applet widget()! Connecting to deprecated signal QDBusConnectionInterface::serviceOwnerChanged(QString,QString,QString) QGridLayoutEngine::addItem: Cell (1, 1) already taken QGraphicsLinearLayout::insertItem: cannot insert null item QGraphicsLinearLayout::insertItem: cannot insert null item Object::connect: No such slot AbstractItemView::iconSettingsChanged(int) QPixmap::handle(): Pixmap is not an X11 class pixmap QPixmap::handle(): Pixmap is not an X11 class pixmap QPixmap::handle(): Pixmap is not an X11 class pixmap QPixmap::handle(): Pixmap is not an X11 class pixmap QPixmap::handle(): Pixmap is not an X11 class pixmap QPixmap::handle(): Pixmap is not an X11 class pixmap QPixmap::handle(): Pixmap is not an X11 class pixmap QPixmap::handle(): Pixmap is not an X11 class pixmap plasma-desktop(2182)/plasma StatusNotifierItemSource::refreshCallback: DBusMenu disabled for this application QGridLayoutEngine::addItem: Cell (0, 1) already taken QGridLayoutEngine::addItem: Cell (1, 1) already taken [1]+ Done plasma-desktop ================================================================================================================ </div> </div></div> -- kubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">kubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>