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#1 2010-03-09 23:52:58
- bruno321
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[SOLVED] PCManFM forgot filetype associations
Hi. As the title says, all of a sudden PCManFM forgot default filetype associations.
What I mean is: I want pdf's to open with evince. When I double click them, they open with gpicview. I right click them, select "open with another program" option, write "evince %s", then check the "establish action by default" option. The file succesfully opens with evince, but whenever I want to open another pdf, it still opens with gpicview by default.
Same story with all other filetypes.
What happened? How can I fix it?
Thanks.
Last edited by bruno321 (2010-03-10 20:30:30)
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#2 2010-03-10 01:56:35
- uwinkelvos
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Re: [SOLVED] PCManFM forgot filetype associations
right click-> properties -> open with
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#3 2010-03-10 09:29:45
- bruno321
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Re: [SOLVED] PCManFM forgot filetype associations
It does nothing. I put "open with evince", accept, but they still open with gpicview (continuing with the example above).
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#4 2010-03-10 10:15:39
- grey
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Re: [SOLVED] PCManFM forgot filetype associations
The information should be stored in ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list. Check if that file is updated as expected when you set a new default app as described in your first post.
Good ideas do not need lots of lies told about them in order to gain public acceptance.
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#5 2010-03-10 20:30:08
- bruno321
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Re: [SOLVED] PCManFM forgot filetype associations
Thank you, that info helped me solve the problem. Astonishingly the file was owned by root and had weird permissions, I chowned it and chmodded it and now everything works fine.
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