Re-opening a media file without closing the parole window will get the cursor stuck in busy mode. The default behavior of parole is to run only a single instance, so the bug is most likely related to this fact. parole 0.7.0-0ubuntu3 Xubuntu 15.04 (Development Release)
Created attachment 5886 Clear startup notification when already running
Tested, works fine. Thanks! Pushed to master as commit d73a9ab010d5b8bfffebba53e15d9488450a9f52.