panel menus

[Randy Bush]

i am a freebsd gnome 2.10 user.  something changed in 2.10, and i
can't even find the best place to ask about it.

in gnome 2.8, i used to have a hierarchy of folders with
launchers in them, and the top folder was in the panel right
next to the main menu foot.  i put it there by putting it in
the folder named <applications:///>.

but in 2.10, i seem unable to get the file browser to go to the
uri <applications:///>.  i am told 
    "applications:///" is not a valid location
by a popup.  i suspect that this is the core problem.

i read the user's guide on panels, menus, etc, and got no help
<http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.10/ch02s02.html#gosoverview-4>.

i can no longer seem to do this.  any clues?  any clues on where i
might ask?

thanks!

randy