Most executables crash when running in GUI but not in terminal

Bug #1896847 reported by mfort
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gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Most of the executable ELF files in /usr/bin/ will not run from any GUI interface and most do not show up anywhere including in the files list. When I try to execute one from GUI I get the popup box that I have attached to this report. However, when I run the same file from a terminal it will open and run as it should. It would seem the error is either in the GUI or every single ELF file is missing a : in the uri. Many of those are supposed to run in the background. They don't. I will be very happy to see this fixed and everything running as it is supposed to run. Just in case my attachment has something wrong with it too, I will type out what is in the popup box:
Invalid url:'/usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor' given, exiting No ':' in the uri

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: gnome-system-monitor 3.36.0-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.8
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Wed Sep 23 17:33:43 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-09-08 (15 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200731)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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