Maverick on MacBook Pro 2009

Since upgrading to Maverick I seem to have 4 internal screens registered which plays havoc with my external screen setup. Does anybody have any ideas on how do deal with this?
I have a MacBook Pro 2009 with
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 M on
OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
When on my MBP Screen I have alreade four synchronized internal screens registered, when plugging in my external screen (used to work no problem on snow leopard) and de-synchronize the screens I geet five screens with the programs running on a screen I can't access. Kinda stumped here - any ideas?

Sounds like the external display is set to be treated as a separate space, which is the default setting. Go to the Mission Control system preference and uncheck "Displays have separate Spaces". If I understand correctly what you are describing, that should take care of the problem.
Regards.

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