XFCE4 Desktop messed up after upgrade

Hi
After upgrading to the latest XFCE Desktop - using pacman -Syu last friday - my XFCE Desktop ist totally messed up after restarting:
. mouse cursor is displayed as cross instead of xfce pointer
. windows do not have decoration and title bar
. there are no more multiple desktops
. keyboard shortcuts are no more working
. menubar on several apps like thunderbird or firefox is not working
. new windows are always placed on top left of the screen
. more to find...!!
In shorter words: the desktop is unusable. I deleted .config/xfce4, but this did not help anything. What can I do to quickly restore my desktop to a working state?
Thanks, melman

Thanks for your reply. That solved the problem. I just started xfwm4 in a terminal and now everything works fine. Even after restarting XFCE4.

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