I'm using a zorin appearance layout that would normally show the Zorin Menu icon in the bottom left of the taskbar (the equivalent of the Windows start menu). Somehow I got the Zorin Menu to disappear completely and I don't know how to get it back. It seems I have glitched out my installation and the whole Zorin Menu is gone.
I've already tried:
Switching to another zorin appearance and back again
Ensuring my taskbar settings have the "Left" button visible and stacked to the left
sudo alacarte from terminal and resetting my configuration
Other Notes:
I'm dual booting with Windows 10. What I was doing just before having the Zorin Menu disappear was trying to unpin an app from my taskbar, which wasn't working. I also tried changing my settings in the Alacarte/Main Menu. I will note that my Alacarte also seems broken because if I search for "Main Menu" in my universal search and click the Main Menu app, nothing opens. I can launch Main Menu from the console if I use sudo alacarte. I had also just done a bunch of software updates.
Any help would be appreciated. Hoping I don't need to reinstall the whole OS.
If yes, check if the toggle is turned off (like You see on the Picture). If it is turned off, turn it on. If it isn't there anymore, type in the Terminal:
sudo apt install gnome-shell-extension-zorin-menu
Because of Alacarte: Try it with a Reinstallation of it. For this use the Command:
Regarding the alacarte, I tried the command sudo apt reinstall alacarte which ran without error in the terminal, but opening the Main Menu still doesn't work. If I use sudo alacarte then it opens and gives me these errors in terminal:
I ran all 3 commands and restarted my PC, but unfortunately no change. I still see the error on the Zorin Menu setting in the extension manager. When I select "See Details" it says that it may be an unsupported version with comments from other people saying it doesn't work. Could this extension be different than the version that is packaged with the normal Zorin installation? Or could something with my GLib be messed up as stated in the error from my previous reply and screenshot?
The ~ means the home Directory. So, open Nautilus and click on the Settings-Button beneath the min/max/close-Buttons and mark the Option ''Show Hidden Files'':
Then You see in Your home folder more Files appearing. This is becaue of the Point at the Beginning of the file Name. With a Point it will be a hidden File and by default not be visible. When the Files appears, You should see the .config Folder:
Ok I was able to find the file which indeed was 0 bytes, deleting it allowed alacarte / Main Menu to work now. I tried changing a few settings and resetting system configuration in the Main Menu, but ultimately the Zorin Menu is still disabled with an error in the Extension Manager.
That looks okay for me. I took a Look in my Folder.
Hmm ... Okay, the Error Message says the there is something with ''line 1 char 1''. Please open stylesheet.css with the Text Editor and look if in Line 1 is at the Beginning a Space.
After restarting my PC today the Zorin Menu was back! I didn't change anything else since my last post. I had just shut down my PC and booted back into Windows, then this morning booted back into Zorin. Hopefully it doesn't disappear again.
For anyone reading this post in the future, here is what I think worked for me:
Delete the file /home/.config/menus/gnome-applications.menu which requires showing hidden files
Delete the Main Menu application: sudo apt purge alacarte
Reinstall the Main Menu application: sudo apt install alacarte
Open the Main Menu application and click "Restore System Configuration"
Reinstall the Zorin Menu: sudo apt reinstall gnome-shell-extension-zorin-menu
