diff --git a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/easybuttons.py b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/easybuttons.py
index 84d5aa6..a998c17 100755
--- a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/easybuttons.py
+++ b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/easybuttons.py
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ class ApplicationLauncher( easyButton ):
                     cmd = "mate-terminal -e \"" + self.appExec + "\""
                 Execute(cmd, self.appPath)
             else:
-                Execute(self.appExec, self.appPath)
+                Execute(None, desktopFile=self.desktopFile)
 
     def uninstall (self, *args ):
         Execute("mint-remove-application " + self.desktopFile)
diff --git a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/execute.py b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/execute.py
index 4e058de..e021dfb 100755
--- a/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/execute.py
+++ b/usr/lib/linuxmint/mintMenu/plugins/execute.py
@@ -1,46 +1,41 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python2
 
 import os
+from gi.repository import Gio
 
 def RemoveArgs(Execline):
-    NewExecline = []
-    Specials=["\"%c\"", "%f","%F","%u","%U","%d","%D","%n","%N","%i","%c","%k","%v","%m","%M", "-caption", "/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", "STARTED_FROM_MENU=yes"]
-    for elem in Execline:
-        elem = elem.replace("'","")
-        elem = elem.replace("\"", "")
-        if elem not in Specials:
-            print elem
-            NewExecline.append(elem)
-    return NewExecline
+    if isinstance(Execline, list):
+        Execline = ' '.join(Execline)
+
+    Specials = ["%f", "%F", "%u", "%U", "%d", "%D", "%n", "%N", "%i", "%c", "%k", "%v", "%m", "%M",
+                "STARTED_FROM_MENU=yes"]
+    for spec in Specials:
+        if spec in Execline:
+            Execline = Execline.replace(spec, "")
+
+    return Execline
 
 # Actually execute the command
-def Execute( cmd , commandCwd=None):
-    if not commandCwd:
-        cwd = os.path.expanduser( "~" );
-    else:
-        tmpCwd = os.path.expanduser( commandCwd );
+def Execute(cmd , commandCwd=None, desktopFile=None):
+    if desktopFile:
+        launcher = Gio.DesktopAppInfo.new_from_filename(desktopFile)
+        retval = launcher.launch_uris()
+
+        return retval
+
+    cwd = os.path.expanduser("~")
+
+    if commandCwd:
+        tmpCwd = os.path.expanduser(commandCwd)
         if (os.path.exists(tmpCwd)):
             cwd = tmpCwd
 
-    if isinstance( cmd, str ) or isinstance( cmd, unicode):
-        if (cmd.find("ubiquity") >= 0) or (cmd.find("/home/") >= 0) or (cmd.find("su-to-root") >= 0) or (cmd.find("xdg-su") >= 0) or (cmd.find("\"") >= 0):
-            print "running manually..."
-            try:
-                os.chdir(cwd)
-                os.system(cmd + " &")
-                return True
-            except Exception, detail:
-                print detail
-                return False
-        cmd = cmd.split()
     cmd = RemoveArgs(cmd)
 
     try:
-        os.chdir( cwd )
-        string = ' '.join(cmd)
-        string = string + " &"
-        os.system(string)
+        os.chdir(cwd)
+        os.system(cmd + " &")
         return True
-    except Exception, detail:
-        print detail
+    except Exception as err:
+        print err
         return False