> There seems to be a problem with my .emacs.desktop files in > combination with the new org
It might help to try to narrow down the problem to one of the buffers - starting with the org buffers to begin with. Start nuking the buffers till you hit the problem or the problem disappears. It may not be buffers it could also be one of the other "states" (whatever that means) that the desktop persists across sessions. Jambunathan K.