diff -u blackbox-0.61.1-orig/src/BaseDisplay.cc blackbox-0.61.1/src/BaseDisplay.cc
--- blackbox-0.61.1-orig/src/BaseDisplay.cc	Thu Oct  5 14:05:40 2000
+++ blackbox-0.61.1/src/BaseDisplay.cc	Thu May 24 12:58:47 2001
@@ -200,11 +200,34 @@
 
 // convenience functions
 #ifndef    __EMX__
-void bexec(const char *command, char* displaystring) {
+void bshexec(const char *command, char* displaystring) {
   if (! fork()) {
     setsid();
     putenv(displaystring);
     execl("/bin/sh", "/bin/sh", "-c", command, NULL);
+    exit(0);
+  }
+}
+
+/* 24/May/2001 reed */
+void bexec(const char *command, char* displaystring) {
+  if (! fork()) {
+    char **newargv;
+    int arguments;
+
+    setsid();
+    putenv(displaystring);
+
+    newargv[0] = strtok(command, " \t");
+    arguments = 1;
+    newargv[1] = NULL;
+    while ((newargv[arguments] = strtok(NULL, " \t")) != NULL) {
+      arguments++;
+    } 
+    newargv[arguments + 1] = NULL;
+/*    fprintf (stderr, "command: %s, newargv[1]: %s\n", newargv[0], newargv[1]); */
+    execvp(newargv[0], newargv);
+    fprintf (stderr, "Could not execute: %s\n", newargv[0]);
     exit(0);
   }
 }
diff -u blackbox-0.61.1-orig/src/BaseDisplay.hh blackbox-0.61.1/src/BaseDisplay.hh
--- blackbox-0.61.1-orig/src/BaseDisplay.hh	Thu Oct  5 14:05:40 2000
+++ blackbox-0.61.1/src/BaseDisplay.hh	Thu May 24 12:12:29 2001
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 
 #ifndef    __EMX__
 void bexec(const char *, char *);
+void bshexec(const char *, char *);
 #endif // !__EMX__
 
 char *bstrdup(const char *);
Only in blackbox-0.61.1/src: Makefile
diff -u blackbox-0.61.1-orig/src/Rootmenu.cc blackbox-0.61.1/src/Rootmenu.cc
--- blackbox-0.61.1-orig/src/Rootmenu.cc	Mon Jun 26 15:36:15 2000
+++ blackbox-0.61.1/src/Rootmenu.cc	Thu May 24 12:12:08 2001
@@ -63,6 +63,22 @@
 
     if (item->function()) {
       switch (item->function()) {
+      case BScreen::shExecute:
+	if (item->exec()) {
+#ifndef    __EMX__
+	  char displaystring[MAXPATHLEN];
+	  sprintf(displaystring, "DISPLAY=%s",
+		  DisplayString(screen->getBaseDisplay()->getXDisplay()));
+	  sprintf(displaystring + strlen(displaystring) - 1, "%d",
+		  screen->getScreenNumber());
+
+	  bshexec(item->exec(), displaystring);
+#else //   __EMX__
+	  spawnlp(P_NOWAIT, "cmd.exe", "cmd.exe", "/c", item->exec(), NULL);
+#endif // !__EMX__
+	}
+	break;
+
       case BScreen::Execute:
 	if (item->exec()) {
 #ifndef    __EMX__
diff -u blackbox-0.61.1-orig/src/Screen.cc blackbox-0.61.1/src/Screen.cc
--- blackbox-0.61.1-orig/src/Screen.cc	Thu Oct  5 19:01:12 2000
+++ blackbox-0.61.1/src/Screen.cc	Thu May 24 12:13:00 2001
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@
     sprintf(displaystring + strlen(displaystring) - 1, "%d",
 	    getScreenNumber());
 
-    bexec(value.addr, displaystring);
+    bshexec(value.addr, displaystring);
 #else //   __EMX__
     spawnlp(P_NOWAIT, "cmd.exe", "cmd.exe", "/c", value.addr, NULL);
 #endif // !__EMX__
@@ -2013,6 +2013,25 @@
 	  }
 
 	  menu->insert(label, configmenu);
+
+	  break;
+
+	/* 24/May/2001 reed - [shexec] is same as old [exec] */
+	case 640: // shexec
+	  if ((! *label) && (! *command)) {
+	    fprintf(stderr,
+		    i18n->getMessage(
+#ifdef    NLS
+				     ScreenSet, ScreenEXECError,
+#else // !NLS
+				     0, 0,
+#endif // NLS
+				     "BScreen::parseMenuFile: [shexec] error, "
+				     "no menu label and/or command defined\n"));
+	    continue;
+	  }
+
+	  menu->insert(label, BScreen::shExecute, command);
 
 	  break;
 
diff -u blackbox-0.61.1-orig/src/Screen.hh blackbox-0.61.1/src/Screen.hh
--- blackbox-0.61.1-orig/src/Screen.hh	Sun Jun 18 20:55:33 2000
+++ blackbox-0.61.1/src/Screen.hh	Thu May 24 12:41:53 2001
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@
          RightLeft, TopBottom, BottomTop };
   enum { LeftJustify = 1, RightJustify, CenterJustify };
   enum { RoundBullet = 1, TriangleBullet, SquareBullet, NoBullet };
-  enum { Restart = 1, RestartOther, Exit, Shutdown, Execute, Reconfigure,
-         WindowShade, WindowIconify, WindowMaximize, WindowClose, WindowRaise,
-         WindowLower, WindowStick, WindowKill, SetStyle };
+  enum { Restart = 1, RestartOther, Exit, Shutdown, Execute, shExecute,
+         Reconfigure, WindowShade, WindowIconify, WindowMaximize, WindowClose,
+         WindowRaise, WindowLower, WindowStick, WindowKill, SetStyle };
 };