Missing xfce4-panel - Desktop Header

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xfce4-Panel doesn't appear after booting

This was the solution for me. To clarify: Go to System Tools > Session and Startup > Application Autostart > Add+ Name: Start taskbar Command: xfce4-panel Trigger: on login Reboot the machine and taskbar appears automatically again with all the icons including network icon which did not appear when I manually started the taskbar later on.

[4.1] Xfce menu vanished

I have found the following to be helpful to fix the panel not showing: [user@dom0 ~]$ mkdir -p ~/xfce-bak [user@dom0 ~]$ mv ~/.config/xfce/* ~/xfce-bak Then log out and log back in (or reboot). If it still doesn’t start after a reboot, try the following: [user@dom0 ~]$ mkdir -p $HOME/.config/autostart [user@dom0 ~]$ cat <<EOF > $HOME/.config/autostart/xfce4_panel.desktop [Desktop Entry] Type=Application Terminal=false Name=Xfce4 panel Exec=/usr/bin/xfce4-panel EOF

[4.1] Xfce menu vanished

I haven’t followed the rest of the conversation but I just realized I made a mistake in my reply: The directory is NOT $HOME/.local/share/applications and it should be changed to: $HOME/.config/autostart. So the path of the .desktop file is: $HOME/.config/autostart/xfce4_panel.desktop