Well, if you're using the latest nuvoclear, which is called "NuvoClear2", you might want to add the "2" at the end. Guess I should have kept the old name but nuvoclear2 just had alot of significant changes. Also, I just found out that it is CaSe SeNsItIvE. <-- That's almost certainly the problem, since it worked for me with the caps.

Edit - To Benson ~
This file here "~/.osso/hildon-dekstop/desktop.conf" seems to control the size of the statusbar, as well as the navigator, sidebar on the left. I was actually able to make the side bar smaller. I just dunno if I could edit the icons smaller, if that would mess it up? I also moved the statusbar to the left side next to the task manager, but their were some display issues. Eventually I messed the file up to much by changing the "type" value on the statusbar and I got a reboot loop and had to reflash. D: So if you DO decide to mess around, BE CAREFUL and backup .

Edit-edit - to benson, qwerty ~ that little menu image is part of the theme images. You can go into the images foler of the particular theme and edit it out. Both are separate for home and titlebar views