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abjdiat

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Registered: 2009-08-27

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thunar as default file manager for firefox

i am using xubuntu 9.04..
I'm using Openbox as windows manager[pure openbox session], it's working great, but i have a problem ...
open containing folder doestnt recognize Thunar as my only file manager, it keeps asking to open with...
how can fix this problem?

thank you in advance

SpeedVin

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-04-29

Posts: 955

Re: thunar as default file manager for firefox

Do you have any other file manager's?

Last edited by SpeedVin (2009-08-28 06:25:46)

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XFire

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Registered: 2008-05-11

Posts: 192

Re: thunar as default file manager for firefox

Are you using an add-on? If it gives you an option to change the filemanager to point to /usr/bin/thunar then it will open the directory

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abjdiat

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Registered: 2009-08-27

Posts: 2

Re: thunar as default file manager for firefox

SpeedVin
no, as i mentioned before, Thunar is the only file manager i have...
XFire

Are you using an add-on? If it gives you an option to change the filemanager to point to /usr/bin/thunar then it will open the directory smile

i use some add-ons, could you please which add-on should use to do so, and how can i configure it

Last edited by abjdiat (2009-08-28 17:10:10)

ugkbunb

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Registered: 2009-02-26

Posts: 227

Re: thunar as default file manager for firefox

I am having a similiar issue... when I hit open folder it pops up sometype of file search program

EDIT: Perhaps this works for you... for some reason it doesn't for me...

http://rubylution.ping.de/articles/2007 … nder-linux

Basically navigate to about:config and create the following three:

network.protocol-handler.expose.file = true (Boolean)
network.protocol-handler.external.file = true (Boolean)
network.protocol-handler.app.file = /usr/bin/thunar (String)

The program that runs instead of thunar has a title "Find Files" -- I did a quick search of installed programs related to "search" and I only have catfish installed and I know that is not the program... How would I go about determing what this application is or what it is a part of? Is there a way I can click on the program and it output the PID so I can then match it up with the entry in top/htop?

SOLVED : figured it out... it was pcmanfm search program... for some reason it was not opening the folder but instead opening its search program... removing pcmanfm from my system fixed it and now folders are properly opening with thunar

Last edited by ugkbunb (2009-09-18 20:23:35)