On my amd64 daily-live cd I have to actually uncheck 'show desktop' in gconf for the spawning/crashing(?) to stop, which appears to be the opposite of what this bug report mentions...
-- "Starting File Manager" windows open uncontrollably https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/325973 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs