I just installed Maya 4.5 on my PC and the first thing that struck me was that when I RMB-clicked on a sphere and slected NURBSSphere1... the object properties docked itself where the channel box used to be, thus hiding the channel-box, and making the screen flicker due to the resizing of the panels.

Is there a way to open the properties editor in its own window (like maya 4) and not replacing the channel box?