desktop icons disappeared mint maya
 

i have toshiba satellite m70 laptop. i installed double boot win xp and maya. everything ok, one day when i was shitting down a windows appared about such a process is running and cannot shut down, i forced. when i reboot my desktop icons and the title bar of the windows are disappeared and the wallpaper is black, i can see only start menu and if i open a terminal or other programs the windows with NO title bar with resize minimize buttons... what i could do? my resolution is ok, driver is ok. if i start a terminal and type xfdesktop the icons riappear but the title bar of the windows with the button to close resize the windows no. and when i reboot it is black again. please help

Here's an idea for testing.

Create a new user. If you can't start the GUI tools, you may have to do it from the command line with the adduser and passwd commands. Depending on how adduser works in Mint, you may have to manually create the /home/ for the new user.

Log out and log in as new user. If the desktop works for new user, it's something in the hidden (dot) config files for your desktop environment in your user's home directory. Since you didn't mention which DE you are using, I can't suggest which files to look at, but a little Googling should tell you.

If that's the case, the easiest fix would be to delete the config files for the DE, log out, and then log back in. The config files should get recreated and your desktop should be functional.

Another test would be, before logging in, to use the "Session" icon on the login screen to choose a different desktop, and see if the problem occurs under it. I have Mint Maya on a machine and it seems to have included Cinnamon, MATE, Gnome Fallback, though I'm using Enlightenment right now.

Good luck.

solved but interested into your explanation
 

i solved thinking so...when i open terminal and type xfdesktop icons and wallpaper riapperas if i type xfwm4 title bar and resize button and close button reappear on the windows. but changes doesn't remain stable after reboot. i saw firefx also autostart. so i think a session saved...i went to menu to sessions and cleared cache and stardet the process and make autosave session. now every time is all ok. now i want to ask you about login... i have no login screen my sistem startup and display wallpaper and icons. no choose from cinnamon kde excetera...why? what are you talking about? thank you.

If you require password at login, you will see three icons at the bottom of the window where you enter your user name and password: Language, Session and Actions. Session will give you several Desktop environment options.

Apparently, you have autologin set so you don't get the option. If that's the case you need to click the Mint menu, up to System Settings and click it and then go to User Accounts and set Automatic Login to Off. Maybe there's another way, I don't know.

thank you!