[xubuntu-users] Strange improper behavior on my Xubuntu 16.04 laptop

[MR ZenWiz]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 1:41 PM, Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet at zoho.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> did you replace Thunar with another file manager?
>
> Some file managers by default automatically grab the desktop. They
> could be launched without this default behaviour, for example
>
> $ caja --help | grep no-desktop
>   --no-desktop    Do not manage the desktop
>                   (ignore the preference set in the preferences dialog).
> $ nemo --help | grep no-desktop
>   --no-desktop    Never manage the desktop
>                   (ignore the GSettings preference).
>
> Assuming this should be the issue, it wouldn't explain all the
> described behaviour, but it would cause issues very clause to what you
> described.
>

No, I only have thunar.  I played with Nemo on my desktop briefly, but
I didn't care for the interface.  Haven't tried Caja.

Thanks.