_{I'm new on this site and new to using
Ubuntu and all. I currently have Ubuntu 11.10 and
Cinnamon along with it. I've recently downloaded
only a few applications, like the Adobe shockwave
as well as a few games. After the downloads, the
icons for the windows (the close, minimize, and
maximize) are nothing but streaks of colours, and
now just plain black, picture previews in my
picture folder is gone, some icons on the panels
are missing, and icons in the control center are
gone. I'm sure more are gone, but that's the ones
that I see often. I'm not sure what caused this
to happen?? Please get back to me soon! I'm worried
about what has happened. ): This is my only laptop
to get online. I have no other way besides the library
but that takes too long..}

---

EDIT:
Okay, I had asked my sister for some help and she
helped me restore my minimize, maximize, and close
button but I still haven't figured out how to show
the icons in the cinnamon dock (which I have set at
the top of the window) and how to have my pictures
show up again. All of my pictures are just blank and
I can't even preview them. They still have their file
names but that is it. I'm not sure what has happened.
I haven't downloaded any new apps as of the new edit.