[SOLVED] Default Gnome File Manager

RAH · 2009-02-06 22:33:07

Hello,

I installed Thunar and it has become the default file manager in Gnome, how can I change this back to Nautalis?

Thanks.

Last edited by RAH (2009-02-16 20:10:26)

Inxsible · 2009-02-06 23:49:36

1) Uninstall Thunar
2) Go to System>>Preferences>> Default applications (I could be off on this one...been a very long time since I used Gnome) and change to the preferred app.

RAH · 2009-02-06 23:54:04

Inxsible wrote:

1) Uninstall Thunar
2) Go to System>>Preferences>> Default applications (I could be off on this one...been a very long time since I used Gnome) and change to the preferred app.

Can't find anyway of doing this under preferred applications. Want to keep Thunar as well, just not default.

rsambuca · 2009-02-07 00:03:47

I think you should be able to change it in gconf-editor.

Probably under "desktop - gnome - applications - component viewer". If it isn't that exact one, it will be something similar in the gconf-editor.

RAH · 2009-02-07 01:29:19

rsambuca wrote:

I think you should be able to change it in gconf-editor.
Probably under "desktop - gnome - applications - component viewer". If it isn't that exact one, it will be something similar in the gconf-editor.

Strange, it's already set to "nautilus %s"

esdrasbeleza · 2009-02-07 12:23:13

I had the same problem here, but with Konqueror.

I think the file associations are kept between desktop environments, and so are the programs configured to start automatically in GNOME. It's a very bad thing... I set Avant Window Navigator to start automatically in GNOME, but it's also being started in KDE. So boring.

alex_anthony · 2009-02-13 23:08:15

start nautilus (from the terminal if you have to)
go to your /home
right click on a folder > properties
open with... tab
click add
find file browser (if you have thunar aswell, its complicated as its .desktop file calls itself file manager or browser aswell. However, they use different icons and you can figure out which is which using the applications menu)
add that then set that to default
fixed it for me

hardly · 2009-05-07 04:15:10

I am new to Arch but not quite so new to Gnome. I'm trying to do the same thing as RAH, I think. If I open Nautilus through the Applications menu as File Browser from the System Tools drawer, and then open a folder in Nautilus, the display in Nautilus jumps to the contents of the selected folder, just as it should.
But if I select a location to open from the Places menu, it opens in Thunar and any subsequent folders opened in Thunar are opened in a new window. I would like to know how to change this behaviour.
When right clicking a folder and then going to properties, I see no 'open with' tab. There is the 'Open With' option in the context menu, where I see "Open (folder name) and other files of type "folder" with:". After selecting File Browser this does nothing to change how the folders are opened from the Places menu.
I realize this is a trivial desire but I would appreciate any help I can get on the topic.
Thanks.

[EDIT]
I found what I was looking for in gconf-editor -> apps -> nautilus -> preferences -> always_use_browser (check mark).
Stumbled upon this looking for options to remove desktop icons.

Have a good day. :-)

(Also what I thought was thunar seems to be a dfferent kind of browsing method in nautilus which is appearantly not "browser". )

Last edited by hardly (2009-05-07 18:17:48)

veranyon · 2010-02-15 20:27:33

alex_anthony wrote:

start nautilus (from the terminal if you have to)
go to your /home
right click on a folder > properties
open with... tab
click add
find file browser (if you have thunar aswell, its complicated as its .desktop file calls itself file manager or browser aswell. However, they use different icons and you can figure out which is which using the applications menu)
add that then set that to default
fixed it for me

#cat /etc/locale.gen | grep en
en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8
en_US ISO-8859-1
#locale-gen
#reboot
$LANG=en_US.UTF-8 nautilus

right click on a folder > properties
open with... tab >>

there's not "open with.. tab" as russian translation. There's only four tabs. (general, emblems, rights and notices). "open with" tab is showed if I open properties for file. not for directory/catalog.

Last edited by veranyon (2010-02-15 20:38:07)

veranyon · 2010-02-15 20:29:41

hardly wrote:

I found what I was looking for in gconf-editor -> apps -> nautilus -> preferences -> always_use_browser (check mark).
Stumbled upon this looking for options to remove desktop icons.
Have a good day. :-)
(Also what I thought was thunar seems to be a dfferent kind of browsing method in nautilus which is appearantly not "browser". )

there's already a mark

The thunar is opened as default one anyway.

As I understand an oss' way is "pacman -Rds thunar"..

Last edited by veranyon (2010-02-15 20:51:38)

silent · 2011-03-12 19:49:34

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Last edited by silent (2013-08-21 09:01:09)

sistematico · 2012-06-01 00:29:58

Sorry for the very old thread.

1º Open Nautilus.
2º Go to computer:///
3º Right click on File System
4º Select Properties
5º Open With...
6º Add..
7º Find or Write nautilus "s%"

I hope it help someone.

sistematico · 2012-06-01 00:30:46

For Gnome 2.x or MATE.

Arch Linux

#1 2009-02-06 22:33:07

[SOLVED] Default Gnome File Manager

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#6 2009-02-07 12:23:13

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#12 2012-06-01 00:29:58

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