All my desktop icons are gone. Only wallpaper is left. Desktop area is not sensible to mouse actions (left or right clicks do nothing, I can’t select areas either).
The bottom panel is fine and working, but the rest of the desktop is gone, leaving the wallpaper as a shadow of its former glory, lets say.
Rebooting did not help. Restarting cinnamon from the panel did not help.
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