At http://www.xfce.org/index.php?page=documentation&lang=en#hidden_option_2 , it still says the path to the xfwm4rc that 4.0 had. $HOME/.xfce4/xfwm4rc should be changed into $HOME/.config/xfce4/xfwm4/xfwm4rc . Regards, Alexander Toresson