=== modified file 'applets/maintained/cairo-menu/gnome-menu-builder.c'
--- applets/maintained/cairo-menu/gnome-menu-builder.c	2010-04-18 07:03:46 +0000
+++ applets/maintained/cairo-menu/gnome-menu-builder.c	2010-08-25 11:45:09 +0000
@@ -345,7 +345,12 @@
     b_path = desktop_agnostic_vfs_file_get_path (b_file);
     b_uri = desktop_agnostic_vfs_file_get_uri (b_file);
 
-    if (b_path)
+    if (b_path && !desktop_agnostic_vfs_file_exists(b_file))
+    {
+      g_object_ref_sink (item);
+      item = NULL;
+    }
+    else if (b_path)
     {
       shell_quoted = g_shell_quote (b_path);
       exec = g_strdup_printf("%s %s", XDG_OPEN,shell_quoted);