I tried installing nvidia drivers, but that didn't work, so I reverted to the nouveau ones. Everything is almost back to normal except my cinnamon menu is looking strange (and I can't do things like open the menu with the 'windows' key).
What I have:
What I had before, and what I want:
Opening up cinnamon settings and changing the theme does nothing, I've also tried sudo apt-get install --reinstall cinnamon to no avail.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I'm running Linux Mint, so I was unsure whether to post this in Ask Ubuntu or the general Unix StackExchange. I ended up posting here because I don't have enough reputation in the Unix StackExchange to post pictures.
right click on the panel and choose add applet . In the windows , either look for "cinnamon menu" or simply click on restore to default at the bottom. That should be sufficient