Menu and window list no longer show on desktop

[Terry]

Jasper Huijsmans wrote:
> Terry wrote:
>   
>> Terry wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> I liked that feature, particularly when I could not get the panel in 
>>> view, and I still have the options selected.
>>>
>>> At one point I tried to upgrade Xfce.  I believe it was after that 
>>> failed attempt that the menu and window list stopped displaying.
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>     
>>>       
>> Another problem fixed by installing a later version of Xfce.  The 
>> offending menu was still there but sanity was restored after I opened 
>> and closed the settings module for the desktop.
>>
>>   
>>     
> The symptoms you describe are usually encountered when nautilus is 
> started, taking over the desktop and killing xfdesktop in the process. 
> It is possible that running the settings manager dialog restarts 
> xfdesktop. Running 'killall nautilus' and saving the session when you 
> log out might be needed to prevent nautilus from startig up the next 
> time you log in.
>
>     Jasper

Why is Nautilus running?  Is it incorporated somehow into Xfce?

I did not launch Nautilus but it is running and the offending menu is back.



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