Applications Top Panel Empty - Panel Editor dosn't open

[anon42388993]

Either rename or remove the hidden menu folder in your home directory.

home/.config/menus

To rename it using the terminal:

mv ~/.config/menus ~/.config/menus.old

and reboot

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