diff --git a/Alacarte/MainWindow.py b/Alacarte/MainWindow.py

index e43ea9a..a1b0d99 100644

--- a/Alacarte/MainWindow.py

+++ b/Alacarte/MainWindow.py

@@ -285,6 +285,17 @@ class MainWindow:

 			return False

 		return True

+	# Run gnome-desktop-item-edit or exo-desktop-item-edit

+	def run_desktop_item_edit(self, file_path):

+		try:

+			process = subprocess.Popen(['gnome-desktop-item-edit', file_path], env=os.environ)

+		except OSError, e:

+			# If gnome-desktop-item-edit is not exists then

+			# run exo-desktop-item-edit

+			if e.errno == 2:

+				process = subprocess.Popen(['exo-desktop-item-edit', file_path], env=os.environ)

+		return process

+

 	def on_new_menu_button_clicked(self, button):

 		menu_tree = self.tree.get_object('menu_tree')

 		menus, iter = menu_tree.get_selection().get_selected()

@@ -295,7 +306,7 @@ class MainWindow:

 		else:

 			parent = menus[iter][2]

 		file_path = os.path.join(util.getUserDirectoryPath(), util.getUniqueFileId('alacarte-made', '.directory'))

-		process = subprocess.Popen(['gnome-desktop-item-edit', file_path], env=os.environ)

+		process = self.run_desktop_item_edit(file_path)

 		gobject.timeout_add(100, self.waitForNewMenuProcess, process, parent.menu_id, file_path)

 	def on_new_item_button_clicked(self, button):

@@ -308,7 +319,7 @@ class MainWindow:

 		else:

 			parent = menus[iter][2]

 		file_path = os.path.join(util.getUserItemPath(), util.getUniqueFileId('alacarte-made', '.desktop'))

-		process = subprocess.Popen(['gnome-desktop-item-edit', file_path], env=os.environ)

+		process = self.run_desktop_item_edit(file_path)

 		gobject.timeout_add(100, self.waitForNewItemProcess, process, parent.menu_id, file_path)

 	def on_new_separator_button_clicked(self, button):

@@ -379,7 +390,7 @@ class MainWindow:

 			self.editor._MenuEditor__addUndo([item,])

 		if file_path not in self.edit_pool:

 			self.edit_pool.append(file_path)

-			process = subprocess.Popen(['gnome-desktop-item-edit', file_path], env=os.environ)

+			process = self.run_desktop_item_edit(file_path)

 			gobject.timeout_add(100, self.waitForEditProcess, process, file_path)

 	def on_menu_tree_cursor_changed(self, treeview):