diff -Naur a/thunar-1.6.3/thunar/thunar-launcher.c b/thunar-1.6.3/thunar/thunar-launcher.c
--- a/thunar-1.6.3/thunar/thunar-launcher.c	2013-05-05 10:37:23.000000000 -0600
+++ b/thunar-1.6.3/thunar/thunar-launcher.c	2014-02-02 19:29:57.574368264 -0700
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@
       if (thunar_file_is_executable (file))
         {
           /* try to execute the file */
-          thunar_launcher_execute_files (launcher, &files);
+          thunar_launcher_open_files (launcher, &files);
         }
       else
         {
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@
           if (G_UNLIKELY (executable))
             {
               /* try to execute all given files */
-              thunar_launcher_execute_files (THUNAR_LAUNCHER (browser), files);
+              thunar_launcher_open_files (THUNAR_LAUNCHER (browser), files);
             }
           else
             {