Last week one of my friend sms me, he said the Menu button had gone from the panel… Ooooo… He uses Linux Mint 6 as the OS. Actually, it’s the first time I heard a Menu button gone from the panel.
But, I remembered that in Gnome icons in panel are applets or shortcuts. So, I told him to right-click on the taskbar and click “Add to Panel…”, and then added “mintMenu” into the panel. And… the problem solved.

Wow, I’m new to linux. I’m a windows goob. trying to expand. I love linux. this happened to me after my little girl got on my laptop and poof no more menu. Thanks for the help
No problem.
I’m really happy when my experiences can help you.
thank you very much you saved the day
You’re welcome.