Also encountered this problem and had to use ALT+F1 to make the main menu bar appear long enough to allow me to uncheck the "auto-hide" option. Luckily I use Docky and knew how to launch programs without the menu bar -- for novice users this is indeed a very problematic bug.
Also encountered this problem and had to use ALT+F1 to make the main menu bar appear long enough to allow me to uncheck the "auto-hide" option. Luckily I use Docky and knew how to launch programs without the menu bar -- for novice users this is indeed a very problematic bug.