Lost my desktop and launcher and cant get it back!

[JoJo]

I was applying several updates and all of a sudden the system froze so I had to restart it. When I got back to it my desktop icons and taskbar had dissappeared and I have no idea how to get it back.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.2.1-0ubuntu3.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-14.23-generic 3.0.9
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-14-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 19 04:11:30 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this issue and helping to make Ubuntu better. Examining the information you have given us, this does not appear to be a bug report so we are closing it. We understand the difficulties you are facing, but it is better to raise problems you are having in the support tracker at https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu if you are uncertain if they are bugs. You can also find a valid support at http://askubuntu.com or posting your question in the support forum of your local Ubuntu's community. For help on reporting bugs, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs.