How to reset all gnome-tweak-tool settings to defaults

Question

I have installed gnome-tweak-tool in Ubuntu 14.04 Unity, then chose Windows -> Windows action keys -> Disabled (previously was Alt). After that Unity windows buttons stopped working for that Ubuntu user.

I wonder how could I make buttons work as previously. I tried uninstalling gnome-tweak-tool, but it didn't help.

Solution 1

Here's a super easy solution.

Reinstall gnome-tweak-tool with

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

Run Tweak Tool

choose Windows and change the setting for Windows action keys from Disabled to ALT

This will undo the change you made and make the buttons work as they did previously.

Solution 2

Actually, you can simply open GNOME-tweak-tool (in GNOME), and click on its icon in the top panel. You should see an option that says "Reset to Defaults."

Solution 3

I followed the jrg guide how to reset GNOME to its defaults. I simply had to execute this command in terminal:

rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity .cache .dbus .dmrc .mission-control .thumbnails ~/.config/dconf/user ~.compiz*

And Unity windows buttons started working properly.

Comments

[Elder Geek]

Sorry, I ran Tweak Tool through the GUI so I didn't see anything in the terminal. I'll try it your way if you will be so kind as to define "some kind of Python exception". Perhaps the exact error message would be more useful than just the indication that there is an error.

[niekas]

Well, I could not reproduce the problem. This fix works for me now. The exception I mentioned occurred on gnome-tweak-tool startup and was: WARNING : Error detecting shell Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gtweak/tweaks/tweak_group_‌​shell_extensions.py"‌​, line 284, in __init__ raise Exception("Shell not running or DBus service not available") Exception: Shell not running or DBus service not available

[Elder Geek]

I'm glad it's resolved now. I got a similar response trying to run in a terminal (I think this is common when attempting to run GUI based apps from the CLI)

[Karlom]

I cannot see this option. Where is it?