diff -Naur kdebase-3.5.8.orig/kdesktop/kdiconview.cc kdebase-3.5.8/kdesktop/kdiconview.cc
--- kdebase-3.5.8.orig/kdesktop/kdiconview.cc	2007-12-01 18:10:59.000000000 +0100
+++ kdebase-3.5.8/kdesktop/kdiconview.cc	2007-12-01 18:16:39.000000000 +0100
@@ -919,6 +919,11 @@
             if (cfg.readListEntry("NotShowIn", ';').contains("KDE"))
                 return false;
         }
+        if (cfg.hasKey("TryExec"))
+        {
+            if (KStandardDirs::findExe( cfg.readEntry( "TryExec" ) ).isEmpty())
+                return false;
+        }
 
         QString name = cfg.readEntry("Name");
         if ( !name.isEmpty() )