CentOS - Nov 2008 - Lost icons and background on 5.2 desktop

Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate.  The 
only thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the 
bottom of the screen.

Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? 
Any help would be appreciated.

TIA,
Dick

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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

                                              --Benjamin Franklin 1755

On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Dick Roth <raroth7 at comcast.net>
wrote:
> Somehow I did something that caused my gnome desktop to evaporate.  The
only
> thing that hasn't vanished is the task bar I have set up at the bottom
of
> the screen.
>
> Which configuration files/directory may have become corrupt or gone? Any
> help would be appreciated.
I think I did something like that, years ago, and there was a .gnome
file that I deleted, logged out, and then when I logged in, it created
a new enviornment for GNOME. I just looked at the .gnome folders and
nothing rings a bell. Hopefully, someone else will help you out with
this, soon. The list is slow on the weekends.