Indeed it's bizarre. I'm not using a DE, but just openbox with fbpanel and lxpanel, while the "systemmenu" is from fbpanel only. I also don't edit the menu using a menu editor. I don't have such entries for e.g. Firefox, IceCat, Qupzilla and other browsers, but Chrome is spamming the directory. I'm to lazy to read https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xdg-menu, but perhaps it's related and could enlighten you. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Q archlinux-xdg-menu archlinux-xdg-menu 0.7.6.2-2 [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pactree -r archlinux-xdg-menu archlinux-xdg-menu [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls ~/.local/share/applications/chrome-*|cut -d"/" -f7chrome-aohghmighlieiainnegkcijnfilokake-Default.desktop chrome-apdfllckaahabafndbhieahigkjlhalf-Default.desktop chrome-blpcfgokakmgnkcojhhkbfbldkacnbeo-Default.desktop chrome-coobgpohoikkiipiblmjeljniedjpjpf-Default.desktop chrome-nmmhkkegccagdldgiimedpiccmgmieda-Default.desktop chrome-pjkljhegncpnkpknbcohdijeoejaedia-Default.desktop [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ ls -Ggh ~/.local/share/applications/userapp-*|cut -d"/" -f7 userapp-Evolution-GJ53SW.desktop userapp-Mail Recipient-YZFFZX.desktop userapp-Pale Moon-3J36ZX.desktop userapp-sqlite3-S4RCBX.desktop userapp-sqlitebrowser-MGEHBX.desktop [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat ~/.local/share/applications/chrome-aohghmighlieiainnegkcijnfilokake-Default.desktop #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Terminal=false Type=Application Name=Google Docs Exec=/opt/google/chrome/google-chrome --profile-directory=Default --app-id=aohghmighlieiainnegkcijnfilokake Icon=chrome-aohghmighlieiainnegkcijnfilokake-Default NoDisplay=true StartupWMClass=crx_aohghmighlieiainnegkcijnfilokake [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ cat .config/fbpanel/default [snip] Plugin { type = menu config { IconSize = 22 image = /home/rocketmouse/.customization/dark_cartoon_asterisk.png menu { name = Applications Alt+F3 icon = applications-other item { name = Applications icon = applications-other action = xfce4-appfinder } systemmenu { } } separator { } item { name = ROXTerm max icon = utilities-terminal action = roxterm --maximize [snip]