diff -up gnome-session-2.23.2.2/gnome-session/session.c.nautilus gnome-session-2.23.2.2/gnome-session/session.c
--- gnome-session-2.23.2.2/gnome-session/session.c.nautilus	2008-05-16 20:22:01.000000000 -0400
+++ gnome-session-2.23.2.2/gnome-session/session.c	2008-05-16 20:22:51.000000000 -0400
@@ -199,7 +199,10 @@ append_default_apps (GsmSession *session
       if (!a->data)
         continue;
 
-      desktop_file = g_strdup_printf ("%s.desktop", (char *) a->data); 
+      if (strcmp (a->data, "nautilus") == 0)
+        desktop_file = g_strdup ("gnome-nautilus.desktop");
+      else
+        desktop_file = g_strdup_printf ("%s.desktop", (char *) a->data); 
 
       g_debug ("Look for: %s", desktop_file);