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crossRT

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Registered: 2014-03-07

Posts: 4

How to set Nemo as default file manager in Gnome3?

Hi everyone, I'm new to Linux and enjoying it. I just played with Ubuntu half year and now switch to Arch Linux to get more fun!
I choose Gnome 3.10 as my desktop environment and would like to make Nemo as my default file manager.
But the problem I encounter is that desktop did not drawed by Nemo when system startup.

My steps:
1) install nemo & nemo-fileroller

2) edit to /usr/share/applications/nautilus.desktop,

Exec=nemo %U

3) Disable desktop nautilus by modify

org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons

by dconf Editor.

4) Enable Nemo handle desktop by modify

org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons

by dconf Editor.

But steps above seem wrong and didn't handle the desktop when the login to Gnome. The icons only appear when I launch Nemo file handler, but the desktop background suddenly black. I google but can't found an appropriate steps, did I miss something?

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: How to set Nemo as default file manager in Gnome3?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … le_browser

crossRT

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Registered: 2014-03-07

Posts: 4

Re: How to set Nemo as default file manager in Gnome3?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ne … le_browser

Yeah, i checked it before, but my ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list is not existed.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: How to set Nemo as default file manager in Gnome3?

Create it.

crossRT

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Registered: 2014-03-07

Posts: 4

Re: How to set Nemo as default file manager in Gnome3?

Create it.

I tried create it and restart, but doesn't work. The desktop is still not handle by Nemo when system startup.