Xfce menu in taskbar missing after updating to 4.8

[Magnusmaster]

After updating Xfce to version 4.8 the Xfce menu button on the taskbar dissapeared. If I right-click the taskbar and select "add new item", the Xfce menu option is not there! Is there anyway to get back the Xfce menu button in the taskbar?

[bohu]

maybe some setting in your home folder is interfering? Try creating a new user account and see if it gets a menu button?

[bugsbunny]

it's part of xfce4-panel

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apt-file find applicationsmenu
xfce4-panel: /usr/bin/xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu
xfce4-panel: /usr/lib/xfce4/panel/plugins/libapplicationsmenu.so
xfce4-panel: /usr/share/doc/xfce4-panel/html/C/applicationsmenu.html
xfce4-panel: /usr/share/doc/xfce4-panel/html/C/figures/applicationsmenu.png
xfce4-panel: /usr/share/xfce4/panel/plugins/applicationsmenu.desktop
xfce4-panel-dbg: /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/xfce4/panel/plugins/libapplicationsmenu.so


so if the panel is correctly installed it should be available (as applications menu)
Right-click on the panel then choose Panel|Panel Preferences|Items
should also be able to get there via right-click Panel|Add New Items

[Magnusmaster]

Turns out xfce4-popup-applicationsmenu was missing. I have no idea how it happened. I solved it by downloading the package and installing manually (just in case), then restarting xfce4-panel. Thanks!