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#1 2021-05-04 11:21:54

Marvix
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Registered: 2013-10-08
Posts: 146

[SOLVED] Setting default application

These days I made some maintenance and some changes occurred, which I cannot understand how to repair.

With desktop search software like catfish, calling to open folders from them, starts another software instead my file manager, PCManFM.

I searched to Arch Wiki, but I can't understand what to do.

Desktop Environment: None
Window Manager: OpenBox
File Manager: PCManFM

Last edited by Marvix (2021-05-04 11:59:01)

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#2 2021-05-04 11:32:18

SzzS
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From: Hungary
Registered: 2020-08-14
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Re: [SOLVED] Setting default application

Take a look for this:

~/.config/mimeapps.list

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#3 2021-05-04 11:58:01

Marvix
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Registered: 2013-10-08
Posts: 146

Re: [SOLVED] Setting default application

The solution came lately in the article File manager functionality#Directories are not opened in the file manager.

I used the following command to query which software is used.

$ xdg-mime query default inode/directory

and I got the below

org.xfce.Catfish.desktop

which is catfish, the same software I mentioned and starts when I open I directory.

Solution

Setting PCManFM as the directory file manager

$ xdg-mime default pcmanfm.desktop inode/directory

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#4 2021-05-04 12:29:05

Flemur
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Registered: 2012-05-24
Posts: 72

Re: [SOLVED] Setting default application

Another way to fix that is, in pcmanfm, rt-click on a directory -> open with pcmanfm, set it as default, then you get a line like the below in ~/..config/mimeapps.list:

inode/directory=pcmanfm.desktop;

"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." -- L.T.

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