I once had something similar on an old PC. However opening an application would open top left only covering up the menu, without a title bar, stopping you from opening another application. A workaround on every boot was to open terminal first, type "sudo metacity --replace" which would then realign terminal properly with a title bar under the main menu. The permanent fix was to replace the old graphics card. Not sure that you're experiencing exactly the same problem, but it might be worth trying the command I used. Regards, Andy. <div class="gmail_quote">On 31 December 2010 12:25, Jacob Mansfield <<a href="mailto:cyberjacob@gmail.com">cyberjacob@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">having recently uninstalled Plymouth (it was becoming annoying) I reboot only to discover that the title bars of all of my windows have dissapeared. I can open programs but not close, minimise or resize them. could plymouth have affected this and how do I get them back. screenshot: <a href="http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5919/screenshoturx.png" target="_blank">http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/5919/screenshoturx.png</a> Jacob Mansfield Programmer -- <a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk</a> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/</a> </blockquote></div>