Gnome Desktop Wildness In 10.4

[Graham Watkins]

On 02/05/10 12:04, Graham Watkins wrote:
> I opened gconf-editor to make my trash icon visible and I think I must
> have clicked on something by mistake because a semmingly infinite number
> of instances of file manager began to open on the panel and all my
> desktop icons vanished.   I cannot create new ones any more by dragging
> and dropping from the menu. Also the right click options on the desktop
> have disappeared.
>
> What have I done wrong and how can I put it right?
>
>    
What's more, for all these file manager buttons appearing on the file 
manager, I can't get any file manager windows to open.

Is there a way I can re-install the desktop without trashing the rest of 
my installation?

Cheers,

Graham