Problem with compiz, empty desktop (SOLVED)

Hi! I installed Mate 24.04 on my latop, everything ok .
Now I wish to start compiz, I installed and configured it, with mate-tweak I changed from Marco to compiz. Working fine. Excelent, I added the entry to start menu (simply the command "compiz") and rebooted.
After login I see only an empty desktop, nothing at all but the wallpaper.
The only tyhing I can do is CTRL+ALT+F1,2,3,4 and access to the textual login and command line.
How can I reset the window manager from there?

Here's the solution:

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Hello!

You can delete your manual entry compiz from autostart using terminal/command line. Most likely it has been stored in '~/.config/autostart' directory. E.g.

:~$ ls -1 ~/.config/autostart
blueman.desktop
cairo-dock.desktop
mate-optimus.desktop
orca-autostart.desktop
org.gnome.DejaDup.Monitor.desktop
print-applet.desktop
:~$ 

After you have identified proper .desktop file you can remove it using rm <file> command. E.g.

:~$ rm ~/.config/autostart/cairo-dock.desktop

Since then restart UM.

Good luck!

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Thank you so much to tkn and ugnvs, problem fixed.
Actually was not enough to remove compiz from autostart folder.
As the problem was picom I simply removed it and everything is fine now.
Thank you again.

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Just out of curiosity, what version of compiz are you using? Reloaded? ++? 9?

Hi Geek, I install compiz from repos, see the image attached

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