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sudo works, but gksudo doesn't, why?

sudo lshw -html>1.html works perfectly.I get system information in 1.html. But, gksudo lshw -html>1.html doesn't work.I get gksudo usage options in 1.html Information: I am developing ...
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Why can I not use gksudo/sudo with any GUI program?

In my Ubuntu 12.04.2 with GNOME-Shell I'm not able anymore to run any graphical programs with gksudo or sudo. I always get an error like cannot open display I don't remember any particular changes ...
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gksudo keeps asking for my password when using a custom Unity launcher

I wrote a custom .desktop file that contains an Exec line #!/usr/bin/env xdg-open [Desktop Entry] (...) Exec=gksudo /my/path/to/bash_script.sh (...) This script launches some zenity calls. Then I ...