Cinnamon 2.6.6-1: no taskbar, no program frames/title-bars

After upgrading via pacman to Cinnamon 2.6.6-1 (and updating all other installed cinnamon-* packages) from latest 2.4.x version, the taskbar (usually on the screen's bottom) does no longer show up and programs have no menu title anymore and are aligned on the left-top corner when started - unable to drag/move them.
(Not a huge issue, but also the desktop background changed from a blue-ish color to black).
Have you got an idea what to do to solve that issue or where to look at?
Thank you!
System: x64 in VirtualBox, Host Windows 8.1 x64.
Addendum: And the mouse-cursor has the shape of an "x" instead of an arrowhead.
Last edited by Archie5000 (2015-06-02 19:16:57)

You can run 'pacman -Syu cinnamon' in one go.
There are other threads about similar issues e.g. https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=198163

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