12.04 applications launching problem

[Robyn Combes]

Thanks Timothy, I have taken your advice but for some unclear reason have moved from the frying pan into the fire.
Ths download of 14.04 went perfectly and was completed in about 30 minutes. Upgrading followed and I stopped watching. 20 minutes later I came back to find that the PC had shutdown. Restarting at first produced a blank desktop. Restarting eventually the desktop was populated with all the folders present on 12.04 but totally without the launching icons and the applets for internet connection, time and date, etc. This means that I can't connect and open files not available through the folders on he desktop. I can discern that the operating system is installed as everything opened through he files in desktop folders works.
Perhaps the PC shutdown too early, but I can't be sure. I t seems that I must now install via a disk which I will get from Peter Baker. It's a shame because the upgrade went somwell in the beginning.
Geoffrey Combes
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