diff -Naurp xfdesktop.bak/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c xfdesktop/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c
--- xfdesktop.bak/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c	2008-10-14 19:47:33.000000000 +0200
+++ xfdesktop/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c	2008-10-14 23:58:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -1660,6 +1660,7 @@ xfdesktop_file_icon_manager_populate_con
     ThunarVfsMimeInfo *minfo;
     ThunarVfsPath *templates_path;
     gchar *templates_path_str = NULL;
+    gboolean templates_dir_is_home = FALSE;
 #ifdef HAVE_THUNARX
     GtkWidget *toplevel = gtk_widget_get_toplevel(GTK_WIDGET(fmanager->priv->icon_view));
 #endif
@@ -1805,14 +1806,22 @@ xfdesktop_file_icon_manager_populate_con
                                                                NULL);
                     }
                     templates_path = thunar_vfs_path_new(templates_path_str, NULL);
-                    g_free(templates_path_str);
+#if GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 14, 0)
+                    templates_dir_is_home = exo_str_is_equal(templates_path_str, xfce_get_homedir());
+                    if(templates_path && !templates_dir_is_home) {
+#else /* GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 14, 0) */
                     if(templates_path) {
+#endif /* GLIB_CHECK_VERSION(2, 14, 0) */
                         have_templates = xfdesktop_file_icon_menu_fill_template_menu(tmpl_menu,
                                                                                      templates_path,
                                                                                      fmanager);
                         thunar_vfs_path_unref(templates_path);
                     }
                     
+                    if (templates_dir_is_home)
+                      thunar_vfs_path_unref(templates_path);
+                    g_free(templates_path_str);
+                    
                     img = gtk_image_new_from_stock(GTK_STOCK_NEW, GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU);
                     gtk_widget_show(img);
                     mi = gtk_image_menu_item_new_with_mnemonic(_("_Empty File"));