I am not very good source to fix things but when I boot up I get to where grub gives me some options to boot my system and usually there is one which is labeled something like restore. Would that work ok to fix this? Ken > 4. Re: Linux Mint Cinnamon issues (Andrew Dahl) > On Nov 24, 2013 1:07 AM, "Kat Toomajian" <zarhooie at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, folks. :) > > > > I had a CATAstrophe this evening where my friend's cat did the two-step on > > my keyboard. Somewhere in her keyboard smash, she managed to do something > > really funky with the desktop. As far as I can tell, she managed to > > uninstall Cinnamon, or at least break it to the point where I can't do > > anything with it. > > > > I have tried restarting the computer, and also Cinnamon via the run > > cinnamon --restart command. Nothing has any effect. I am backing up data in > > case the final answer is to reinstall the OS, but I am hopeful that won't > > have to happen. I am especially hopeful because I am supposed to be > > mentoring newbie devs tomorrow in the mysterious ways of "documenting your > > code" and I kind of need to be online for that. > > > > Anyone have any ideas? I am stumped. > > > > Kat > > >