Upper panel disappeared

[jody]

Hi
I wanted to remove a notification area from the upper panel in gnome 2.32,
but then the entire panel disappeared (no more Menu, no more clock etc).

I tried renaming .gnome2 and restarting, but this didn't help.
When i type 'gnome-panel' in a terminal, it says "Cannot register the panel shell: there is already one running."

The bottom panel where you see the running applications and the workspace-switcher is still present.

How do i get back the upper panel?
Thank You
Jody

[Roman_Gruber]

What I remember using gnome 2.

Right Click on the existing panel allows you to add another extra panel. It is hidden in a right click menu option when you click on your existing panel in gnome 2