diff -Nur xfdesktop-4.4.2-BKP/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c xfdesktop-4.4.2/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c
--- xfdesktop-4.4.2-BKP/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c	2008-11-03 16:19:46.000000000 -0200
+++ xfdesktop-4.4.2/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c	2008-11-03 16:20:45.000000000 -0200
@@ -2046,8 +2046,10 @@
     
     g_hash_table_foreach(fmanager->priv->icons,
                          file_icon_hash_write_icons, rcfile);
-    g_hash_table_foreach(fmanager->priv->removable_icons,
-                         file_icon_hash_write_icons, rcfile);
+    if(fmanager->priv->show_removable_media) {
+        g_hash_table_foreach(fmanager->priv->removable_icons,
+                             file_icon_hash_write_icons, rcfile);
+    }
     g_hash_table_foreach(fmanager->priv->special_icons,
                          file_icon_hash_write_icons, rcfile);