Menu and window list no longer show on desktop

[Terry]

Joe Klemmer wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-11-24 at 12:38 +1100, Terry wrote:
>
>   
>> I liked that feature, particularly when I could not get the panel in 
>> view, and I still have the options selected.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Clicking the right mouse button now gets me a drab, Gnome-like context 
>> menu with 7 unhelpful commands and an 8th command "Change Desktop 
>> Background".  The middle button gets nothing.
>>
>> I tried reinstalling and removing the .config folder in my home 
>> directory, to no avail.
>>
>> I would like to return to the former situation.  How do I do it?
>>     
>
> 	This sounds like xfdesktop isn't running.  Just run it in the
> background from a term and you should get everything back.

Nautilus was the culprit.  I used it in the early stages without the 
--no-desktop switch.  After I stopped using it, it continued to run 
hidden.  Since I killed it off and saved a session without Nautilus 
running, I have not had the problem.

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