Word documents without complex settings maybe OK but open an office 365 power point presentation and it can take hours to make it useable in L.O.

So I am hoping that L.O. 6 is an improvement.
Thanks for your comments.

what is snap? can it be trusted.

indicator-stickynotes working OK so will mark it resolved.

Only recently upgraded so will stick where I am for now.

Thanks to all.

Did not find out any info on Mint No one had reported the same problem with mint18.3 with this taskbar app (not a desktop Cinnamon app).

I am using another app (KNotes) but have to remember to start it each morning.

I put it in the list of programs that start on boot but I still have to open it and select open all notes.

I found the setting in the end it was not easy.

Would think that most users want these icons on the desktop by default. Just something to think about.

It now seems to be working OK so marked as resolved.

I would not give up just yet.  I am running a windows 7 and mint 18.2 64bit desk top with very few problems.

Mark would it be a good plan to find out the specs of the system and try a number of live USBs to see which version of Linux is the best.

For me I always find windows takes longer to start then mint.

This is the result of trying to reinstall.

usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~ $ sudo apt-get install dkms git
[sudo] password for usertwo:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
dkms is already the newest version (2.2.0.3-2ubuntu11.5).
git is already the newest version (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.6).
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-4.10.0-38 linux-headers-4.10.0-38-generic
  linux-image-4.10.0-38-generic linux-image-extra-4.10.0-38-generic
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade.
usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~ $ mkdir ~/RTL8812AU
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/home/usertwo/RTL8812AU’: File exists
usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~ $ cd ~/RTL8812AU
usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~/RTL8812AU $ git clone https://github.com/abperiasamy/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux.git
fatal: destination path 'rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux' already exists and is not an empty directory.
usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~/RTL8812AU $ cd ~/RTL8812AU/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linuxusertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~/RTL8812AU/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux $ sudo make -f Makefile.dkms install
make clean
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/usertwo/RTL8812AU/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux'
make ARCH=x86_64 CROSS_COMPILE= -C /lib/modules/4.15.0-43-generic/build M=/home/usertwo/RTL8812AU/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux clean
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-43-generic'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.15.0-43-generic'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/usertwo/RTL8812AU/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux'
mkdir -p '/usr/src/rtl8812au-4.3.14'
cp -r dkms.conf Kconfig Makefile.dkms Makefile platform core hal include os_dep '/usr/src/rtl8812au-4.3.14'
cp Makefile '/usr/src/rtl8812au-4.3.14/Makefile'
sed 's/#MODULE_VERSION#/4.3.14/' dkms.conf > '/usr/src/rtl8812au-4.3.14/dkms.conf'
dkms add -m rtl8812au -v 4.3.14 2>/dev/null || true
dkms build -m rtl8812au -v 4.3.14

Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel.  Skipping...

Building module:
cleaning build area....
make KERNELRELEASE=4.15.0-43-generic KVER=4.15.0-43-generic.....(bad exit status: 2)
Error! Bad return status for module build on kernel: 4.15.0-43-generic (x86_64)
Consult /var/lib/dkms/rtl8812au/4.3.14/build/make.log for more information.
Makefile.dkms:18: recipe for target 'build' failed
make: *** [build] Error 10
usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~/RTL8812AU/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux $ sudo modprobe rtl8812au
modprobe: FATAL: Module rtl8812au not found in directory /lib/modules/4.15.0-43-generic
usertwo@usertwo-R59P-R60P-R61P ~/RTL8812AU/rtl8812AU_8821AU_linux $