diff --git a/gnome/ChangeLog b/gnome/ChangeLog
index 4f87d0733..3367fe1a8 100644
--- a/gnome/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+1999-09-22  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@redhat.com>
+
+	* gnome-open-dialog.c (gnome_open_dialog_new): Expand the tree
+	when we are done generating it.
+
 1999-09-21  Federico Mena Quintero  <federico@redhat.com>
 
 	* gdesktop.c (desktop_reload_icons): Do not call x_flush_events()
diff --git a/gnome/gnome-open-dialog.c b/gnome/gnome-open-dialog.c
index 346ce6ca9..4cb1921ff 100644
--- a/gnome/gnome-open-dialog.c
+++ b/gnome/gnome-open-dialog.c
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ gnome_open_dialog_get_tree (GnomeOpenDialog *dialog)
 	prefix = gnome_unconditional_datadir_file ("gnome/apps");
 	node = read_directory (prefix);
 	gnome_open_dialog_generate_tree_helper (GTK_CTREE (retval), NULL, node);
+	gtk_ctree_expand_recursive (GTK_CTREE (retval), NULL);
 	g_node_destroy (node);
 	g_free (prefix);
 	return retval;