diff -ur xfce-utils-4.5.91-old/xfrun/xfrun-dbus.c xfce-utils-4.5.91/xfrun/xfrun-dbus.c
--- xfce-utils-4.5.91-old/xfrun/xfrun-dbus.c	2008-09-09 23:43:06.000000000 +0200
+++ xfce-utils-4.5.91/xfrun/xfrun-dbus.c	2008-10-31 20:08:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@
                 /* this handles setting the dialog to the right screen */
                 xfce_gtk_window_center_on_monitor(GTK_WINDOW(dialog),
                                                   gscreen, 0);
+                xfrun_dialog_select_text(XFRUN_DIALOG(dialog));
                 gtk_widget_show(dialog);
             
                 reply = dbus_message_new_method_return(message);
diff -ur xfce-utils-4.5.91-old/xfrun/xfrun-dialog.c xfce-utils-4.5.91/xfrun/xfrun-dialog.c
--- xfce-utils-4.5.91-old/xfrun/xfrun-dialog.c	2008-09-09 23:43:06.000000000 +0200
+++ xfce-utils-4.5.91/xfrun/xfrun-dialog.c	2008-10-31 20:08:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -674,3 +674,8 @@
     g_return_val_if_fail(XFRUN_IS_DIALOG(dialog), NULL);
     return dialog->priv->working_directory;
 }
+
+void 
+xfrun_dialog_select_text(XfrunDialog *dialog){
+    gtk_editable_select_region(GTK_EDITABLE(XFRUN_DIALOG(dialog)->priv->entry), 0, -1);
+}
diff -ur xfce-utils-4.5.91-old/xfrun/xfrun-dialog.h xfce-utils-4.5.91/xfrun/xfrun-dialog.h
--- xfce-utils-4.5.91-old/xfrun/xfrun-dialog.h	2008-09-09 23:43:06.000000000 +0200
+++ xfce-utils-4.5.91/xfrun/xfrun-dialog.h	2008-10-31 20:08:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
 
 void xfrun_dialog_set_working_directory            (XfrunDialog *dialog,
                                                     const gchar *working_directory);
+
+void xfrun_dialog_select_text                      (XfrunDialog *dialog);
+
 G_CONST_RETURN gchar *xfrun_dialog_get_working_directory
                                                    (XfrunDialog *dialog);