diff -urN synergy-1.3.1.orig/lib/platform/CXWindowsScreen.cpp synergy-1.3.1/lib/platform/CXWindowsScreen.cpp
--- synergy-1.3.1.orig/lib/platform/CXWindowsScreen.cpp	2009-12-14 19:15:37.000000000 -0800
+++ synergy-1.3.1/lib/platform/CXWindowsScreen.cpp	2009-12-14 19:22:51.000000000 -0800
@@ -1642,6 +1645,26 @@
 	// so we won't miss them.
 	XSelectInput(m_display, w, PointerMotionMask | SubstructureNotifyMask);
 
+	{
+		XTextProperty prop;
+
+		if (XGetWMName(m_display, w, &prop)) {
+			char **ret;
+			int retc;
+
+			if (XmbTextPropertyToTextList(m_display, &prop, &ret, &retc) == Success) {
+				int forget;
+
+				LOG((CLOG_DEBUG2 "Got window name %s", ret[0]));
+				forget = ret && ret[0] && strstr(ret[0], "Expanded Edge Panel");
+				XFreeStringList(ret);
+				if (forget) {
+					LOG((CLOG_DEBUG1 "Forgetting %s", ret[0]));
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	// recurse on child windows
 	Window rw, pw, *cw;
 	unsigned int nc;