Index: modules/menu/desktop-menu-dentry.c
===================================================================
--- modules/menu/desktop-menu-dentry.c	(revision 21998)
+++ modules/menu/desktop-menu-dentry.c	(working copy)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 
 static const char *dentry_keywords [] = {
    "Name", "Comment", "Icon", "Hidden", "StartupNotify",
-   "Categories", "OnlyShowIn", "Exec", "Terminal",
+   "Categories", "OnlyShowIn", "Exec", "TryExec", "Terminal",
    "NoDisplay", "GenericName",
 };
 
@@ -276,12 +276,37 @@
     return submenu;
 }
 
+static void
+menu_cleanup_executable(gchar *string)
+{
+    gchar *p;
+
+    if (!string)
+        return;
+
+    if((p = strchr(string, ' ')))
+        *p = 0;
+
+    if (string[0] == '"') {
+        int i;
+
+        for (i = 1; string[i-1] != '\0'; ++i) {
+            if (string[i] != '"')
+                string[i-1] = string[i];
+            else {
+                string[i-1] = '\0';
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 static gboolean
 menu_dentry_parse_dentry(XfceDesktopMenu *desktop_menu, XfceDesktopEntry *de,
         MenuPathType pathtype, gboolean is_legacy, const gchar *extra_cat)
 {
     gchar *categories = NULL, *hidden = NULL, *onlyshowin = NULL;
-    gchar *nodisplay = NULL;
+    gchar *nodisplay = NULL, *tryexec = NULL;
     gchar *path = NULL, *exec = NULL, *p;
     GtkWidget *mi = NULL, *menu;
     gint i, menu_pos;
@@ -304,29 +329,28 @@
     if(nodisplay && !g_ascii_strcasecmp(nodisplay, "true"))
         goto cleanup;
     
+    xfce_desktop_entry_get_string(de, "TryExec", FALSE, &tryexec);
+    menu_cleanup_executable(tryexec);
+    if (tryexec)
+    {
+        p = g_find_program_in_path(tryexec);
+        if(!p)
+            goto cleanup;
+        g_free(p);
+    }
+    
     /* check for blacklisted item */
     xfce_desktop_entry_get_string(de, "Exec", FALSE, &exec);
     if(!exec)
         goto cleanup;
-    if((p = strchr(exec, ' ')))
-        *p = 0;
+    
     /* filter out quotes around the command (yeah, people do that!) */
-    if (exec[0] == '"') {
-        int i;
-
-        for (i = 1; exec[i-1] != '\0'; ++i) {
-            if (exec[i] != '"')
-                exec[i-1] = exec[i];
-            else {
-                exec[i-1] = '\0';
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    
+    menu_cleanup_executable(exec);
+ 
     if(blacklist && g_hash_table_lookup(blacklist, exec))
         goto cleanup;
 
+#if 0
     if (!g_path_is_absolute (exec))
     {
         p = g_find_program_in_path(exec);
@@ -334,9 +358,9 @@
             goto cleanup;
         g_free(p);
     }
+#endif
 
-    xfce_desktop_entry_get_string (de, "Categories", TRUE, &categories);
-    
+    xfce_desktop_entry_get_string (de, "Categories", TRUE, &categories);    
     if(categories || !is_legacy) {
         /* hack: leave out items that look like they are KDE control panels */
         if(categories && strstr(categories, ";X-KDE-"))
@@ -482,6 +506,8 @@
         g_free(hidden);
     if(categories)
         g_free(categories);
+    if(tryexec)
+        g_free(tryexec);
     if(exec)
         g_free(exec);
     if(path)