Do you get that crash every time? What do you call "launch a directory"? Could you try getting a backtrace with gnome-panel-dbgsym installed?
-- [apport] gnome-panel crashed with SIGSEGV in panel_make_unique_desktop_uri() https://launchpad.net/bugs/81726 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs