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#1 2011-03-08 23:38:40
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File associations trouble in XFCE after removing Gnome
Hi all,
I recently decided to switch to XFCE, totally replacing my previous Gnome DE, I removed gnome and all associated dependencies using "sudo pacman -Rscn gnome" then configured my new XFCE desktop to my liking, problem is that now some file associations are messed up, for example, If im on chromium and download a file, clicking "show in folder" opens up firefox instead of thunar, there were other problems, but I got them fixed by removing the contents on the folder ~/.local/share/applications/ that was filled with a lot of wine apps and some weird stuff.
Now the only thing missing is this firefox thing, no idea how to fix it, please help, also I tried removing firefox but "show in folder" doesnt do anything.
regards and thanks in advance for the help
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#2 2011-03-09 07:48:37
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Re: File associations trouble in XFCE after removing Gnome
You have read the Chromium page on this, haven't you?
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#3 2011-03-14 06:58:02
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Re: File associations trouble in XFCE after removing Gnome
I did read it but that didnt help, in the end what worked was regenerating the database and restarting comp. Also Xfce is a DE as the article states. Sí this behaviour wasn't normal.
Thanks a lot for the help provided 
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