Desktop not working after upgrade to 13.04

After the upgrade to 13.04, everything worked fine, except that the desktop wouldn't work anymore: The desktop icons are gone, the background image, too, the desktop menu wouldn't open and if I open an application and close it (or minimize the window), it'd leave a gray trace behind. Any ideas? Any additional data I should supply to clarify the situation and when yes, which and how? The screencap of the problem:
http://i.imgur.com/iV7PkPSl.png

I am having the same issue.
Thunar does not work, right click menu doesn't work, background images don't show, no icons on my desktop, etc.
I'm wondering if the desktop itself is not running.

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Originally Posted by politenessman

I am having the same issue.
Thunar does not work, right click menu doesn't work, background images don't show, no icons on my desktop, etc.
I'm wondering if the desktop itself is not running.

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Thunar is working in my case, but it needs to be killed everytime I mount my USB HDDs.

Hell knows why (probably due to an package upgrade), the desktop is working fine again :)

And now, after a reboot, it's broken again... What the **** is wring with this thing?!

I have heard of upgrades going badly. Worse case you could do a fresh install of 13.04.

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Originally Posted by ppjdee

I have heard of upgrades going badly. Worse case you could do a fresh install of 13.04.

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Nah, just a missing wallpapers doesn't warrant an reinstall, IMNSHO.

Screw it all, I'm changing to LXDE!