Reset Compiz

I'm not really familiar with Compiz although there is an a purge option with apt-get that in theory should remove the configuration files. Removing Compiz might screw everything up though (ie remove tons of other stuff that is dependent on it).

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.compiz-1
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session
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Contains files with names like this: "10a7b46065f8bd6c96136985600429281100000016590033"

Practically all programs that your run without admin privileges store their settings in files in your home folder. Those files are usually either named with the name of the program or are in directories with such names.

I haven't used Compiz, but you can search for files/directories '*compiz*' in your home folder and delete them. I'm pretty sure that this will reset your configuration. You can search like this in a terminal:

find -name '*compiz*'

Then remove directories and files you find. After that, logout and login.

> I'm not really familiar with Compiz although there is an a purge option with apt-get that in theory should remove the configuration files.

This will only remove system wide configuration files, not user settings. Those are stored in /etc, not in the home folder. For most programs this won't reset user settings.

~/.gconf/apps/compizconfig-1

Would it be inside this directory?

Do you have the compizconfig-settings-manager installed, or do you have it installed and cannot launch it anymore?

Because there is an option in the ccsm that will reset compiz to default settings:

open ccsm > go to settings > reset

(The names may slightly differ because I translated them.)