Comment 92 for bug 325973

I agree with Chris that a proper fix ought to be committed, rather than just another workaround. If nobody cares about the "show_desktop" option enough to fix it, maybe it should just be disabled (i.e. remove the gconf key, and just always show the desktop). Personally, losing this option would annoy me enough to make me finally dump the GNOME desktop altogether, but it's at least a solution, and it's better than just continuing to ship a broken Nautilus. The option is certainly useless in its currently broken state, so just disabling it shouldn't be much of a leap.