R14 network-manager applet trouble

(R14 on Wheezy) I installed network-manager-tde, which works fine, but nm-applet still runs and shows up as a (I think) 2x2 pixel dot, like it did in 13.2. I can't uninstall network-manager-gnome because XFCE also has to be available, and needs a network applet. Is there a way to make nm-applet not run, or at least not show up, in TDE? Or maybe a way to make it show up correctly so I can uninstall network-manager-tde? -- PGP key: http://homestead-products.com/pubkey.htm