diff -rNaud xfdesktop-GIT20120406-orig/src/menu.c xfdesktop-GIT20120406/src/menu.c
--- xfdesktop-GIT20120406-orig/src/menu.c	2012-04-06 19:15:06.000000000 +0200
+++ xfdesktop-GIT20120406/src/menu.c	2012-04-06 19:24:23.557000001 +0200
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@
             gtk_widget_show(mi);
             gtk_menu_shell_append(GTK_MENU_SHELL(menu), mi);
             
-            if(gtk_icon_theme_has_icon(itheme, "applications-other")) {
-                img = gtk_image_new_from_icon_name("applications-other",
+            if(gtk_icon_theme_has_icon(itheme, "zenwalk")) {
+                img = gtk_image_new_from_icon_name("zenwalk",
                                                    GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU);
                 gtk_widget_show(img);
             }
diff -rNaud xfdesktop-GIT20120406-orig/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c xfdesktop-GIT20120406/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c
--- xfdesktop-GIT20120406-orig/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c	2012-04-06 19:15:06.000000000 +0200
+++ xfdesktop-GIT20120406/src/xfdesktop-file-icon-manager.c	2012-04-06 19:24:23.558000001 +0200
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@
     
     toplevel = gtk_widget_get_toplevel(GTK_WIDGET(fmanager->priv->icon_view));
     
-    xfdesktop_file_utils_create_file(fmanager->priv->folder, "inode/directory",
+    xfdesktop_file_utils_create_file(fmanager->priv->folder, "directory",
                                      fmanager->priv->gscreen,
                                      GTK_WINDOW(toplevel));
 }
@@ -1481,7 +1481,7 @@
                                      G_CALLBACK(xfdesktop_file_icon_menu_create_folder),
                                      fmanager);
 
-                    icon = g_content_type_get_icon("inode/directory");
+                    icon = g_content_type_get_icon("directory");
                     img = gtk_image_new_from_gicon(icon, GTK_ICON_SIZE_MENU);
                     gtk_image_menu_item_set_image(GTK_IMAGE_MENU_ITEM(mi), img);
                     gtk_widget_show(img);