Restore Gnome Panels in Ubuntu 10.04/10.10

To restore Gnome Panels, go to Applications –> Accessories –> Terminal.

Then copy and paste the command below and press Enter.

gconftool --recursive-unset /apps/panel

Next, copy and paste the command below again and press Enter.

rm -rf ~/.gconf/apps/panel

And finally, copy and paste the command below and press Enter.

pkill gnome-panel

Your default gnome panel will be restored