A few minutes earlier i tapped to find the main showing "(no applications)". I had installed the osx theme and conky previous to this happening though im not sure what actuallly caused this problem.

Could someone please offer some advice to solve this. The missing applications have also resulted in the desktop shortcuts to stop working.. i can only open the browser by using site specefic shortcuts from the desktop.

I have tried rebooting, and poweringoff for a while and then switching on. I'd like to stay clear of reflashing for the moment.. unless it was a last resort.