Index: libxfce4menu/xfce-menu-item-cache.c
===================================================================
--- libxfce4menu/xfce-menu-item-cache.c	(revision 29518)
+++ libxfce4menu/xfce-menu-item-cache.c	(working copy)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 static void          xfce_menu_item_cache_class_init (XfceMenuItemCacheClass *klass);
 static void          xfce_menu_item_cache_init       (XfceMenuItemCache      *cache);
 static void          xfce_menu_item_cache_finalize   (GObject                *object);
-#if 1 /* ITEM CACHE DEACTIVATED FOR NOW */
+#if 0 /* ITEM CACHE DEACTIVATED FOR NOW */
 static XfceMenuItem *xfce_menu_item_cache_fetch_item (XfceMenuItemCache      *cache,
                                                       const gchar            *filename);
 static void          xfce_menu_item_cache_store_item (XfceMenuItemCache      *cache,
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@
 static void
 xfce_menu_item_cache_init (XfceMenuItemCache *cache)
 {
+#if 0 /* ITEM CACHE DEACTIVATED FOR NOW */
   gchar *path;
+#endif
 
   cache->priv = XFCE_MENU_ITEM_CACHE_GET_PRIVATE (cache);
 
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@
   /* Create empty hash table */
   cache->priv->items = g_hash_table_new_full (g_str_hash, g_str_equal, g_free, (GDestroyNotify) xfce_menu_item_unref);
 
+#if 0 /* ITEM CACHE DEACTIVATED FOR NOW */
   /* Determine path to the item cache file */
   path = xfce_resource_save_location (XFCE_RESOURCE_CACHE, "libxfce4menu/items.tdb", TRUE);
 
@@ -209,6 +212,7 @@
 
   /* Release the path */
   g_free (path);
+#endif
 }
 
 
@@ -261,7 +265,6 @@
    * item cache */
   g_mutex_lock (cache->priv->lock);
 
-#if 1
   /* Search filename in the hash table */
   item = g_hash_table_lookup (cache->priv->items, filename);
 
@@ -273,8 +276,10 @@
 
       /* TODO Check OnlyShowIn / NotShowIn values */
 
+#if 0
       /* Store updated item in cache */
       xfce_menu_item_cache_store_item (cache, filename, item);
+#endif
 
       /* Release item cache lock */
       g_mutex_unlock (cache->priv->lock);
@@ -282,6 +287,7 @@
       return item;
     }
 
+#if 0
   /* Otherwise, search in the item cache */
   if (G_LIKELY (cache->priv->context != NULL))
     {
@@ -323,16 +329,21 @@
       /* Update desktop id */
       xfce_menu_item_set_desktop_id (item, desktop_id);
 
-#if 1 /* ITEM CACHE DEACTIVATED FOR NOW */
+#if 0 /* ITEM CACHE DEACTIVATED FOR NOW */
       /* Store updated item in cache */
       xfce_menu_item_cache_store_item (cache, filename, item);
+#endif
 
       /* The file has been loaded, add the item to the hash table */
       g_hash_table_replace (cache->priv->items, g_strdup (filename), item);
-#endif
 
       /* Grab a reference on it but don't increase the allocation counter */
-#if 1
+      /* We do _not_ want to increase the reference count here, since the 
+       * menu item was just created, and already comes with a reference
+       * count of 1. Whenever it will be stored again (i.e. in the pool),
+       * then its reference count will be increased again at the time
+       * of that event. */
+#if 0
       g_object_ref (G_OBJECT (item)); 
 #endif
     }
@@ -363,7 +374,7 @@
 
 
 
-#if 1 /* ITEM CACHE DEACTIVATED FOR NOW */
+#if 0 /* ITEM CACHE DEACTIVATED FOR NOW */
 static XfceMenuItem*
 xfce_menu_item_cache_fetch_item (XfceMenuItemCache *cache,
                                  const gchar       *filename)
Index: libxfce4menu/xfce-menu.c
===================================================================
--- libxfce4menu/xfce-menu.c	(revision 29518)
+++ libxfce4menu/xfce-menu.c	(working copy)
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@
    * Whether this menu should be ignored.
    **/
   g_object_class_install_property (gobject_class,
-                                   PROP_ONLY_UNALLOCATED,
+                                   PROP_DELETED,
                                    g_param_spec_boolean ("deleted",
                                                          "Deleted",
                                                          "Whether this menu should be ignored",