diff --git a/gnome/ChangeLog b/gnome/ChangeLog
index 9cda25b6b..b47470649 100644
--- a/gnome/ChangeLog
+++ b/gnome/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-07-24  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* glayout.c (create_new_menu): Use fixed meny position instead
+	of gnome_app_find_menu_pos() - the later is not reliable and
+	breaks in many locales.
+
 2001-07-20  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* gconf.h: Remove some unused defines.
diff --git a/gnome/glayout.c b/gnome/glayout.c
index 49ebef536..a6f0a86c4 100644
--- a/gnome/glayout.c
+++ b/gnome/glayout.c
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ create_new_menu (GnomeApp *app, WPanel *panel)
 	gint pos;
 	GtkWidget *shell;
 
-	shell = gnome_app_find_menu_pos (app->menubar, _("File/New/Directory..."), &pos);
+	shell = gnome_panel_new_menu[0].widget->parent;
 
 	file = gnome_unconditional_datadir_file ("mc/templates");
 	pos = create_new_menu_from (file, shell, pos);