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fajung

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From: Argentina, Buenos aires

Registered: 2016-05-28

Posts: 16

can't set Nautilus as default inode/directory

When I installed Arch, I decided to go for xfce4 as DE, and back then I changed the default  inode/directory thunar to nemo, but then I began to realize that almost all the Apps that I used, are from gnome or made for gnome, and I decided to switch to gnome 3.20 desktop, I installed the Dynamic Top Bar gnome's extension, when nemo is set to display desktop icons, it create a maximazed Window, which null the dynamic Top Bar effect. I already changed the desktop icons handler back to nautilus with dconf, but I can't change the mime association back to Nautilus

[fajung@Archlinux ~]$ xdg-mime default org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop inode/directory
[fajung@Archlinux ~]$
[fajung@Archlinux ~]$ xdg-mime query default inode/directory
exo-file-manager.desktop

I searched the files listed here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/De … list_files I changed nemo.desktop over org,gnome.Nautilus.desktop i a few files, but some of the files listed there I don't have them like "$HOME/.config/$desktop-mime" no gnome-mime.... or the directory does not exists.

so I'm lost here, obvously there is something that I can't find, but need help.

Last edited by fajung (2016-07-04 02:13:02)

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,286

Re: can't set Nautilus as default inode/directory

It looks like you have XFCE or at least parts of it installed. Thunar comes with its own mime handler, it's called exo-open. Try to find out, whether xdg-open always invokes exo-open for some reason. There should be another exo-* tool, but it has been years and I don't remember.

tibfulv

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Registered: 2020-09-09

Posts: 1

Re: can't set Nautilus as default inode/directory

I checked my system, and command completion report four programs beginning with 'exo-'. 'exo-csource', 'exo-desktop-item-edit', 'exo-open', and 'exo-preferred-applications'. The last one is probably the one you didn't remember.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,672

Re: can't set Nautilus as default inode/directory

Thanks for sharing, but I'm unsure how useful that reminder to a tangential note 4 years ago will be today.

Please don't necrobump: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping%22

Closing.