Update for 0.52.0. This is a test version, which brings the Appearance

section to WPrefs for testing purposes.

src/rootmenu.c

@@ -1738,6 +1738,12 @@ OpenRootMenu(WScreen *scr, int x, int y, int keyboard)
     if (!menu) {
 	/* menu hasn't changed or could not be read */
 	if (!scr->root_menu) {
+	    wMessageDialog(scr, _("Error"),
+			  _("The applications menu could not be loaded."
+			    "Look at the console output for a detailed"
+			    "description of the errors"),
+			   _("OK"), NULL, NULL);
+
 	    menu = makeDefaultMenu(scr);
 	    scr->root_menu = menu;
 	}