[solved] xarchiever steals file associations

Cheifchimp · 2009-09-05 05:02:56

I'm experiencing a a problem with xarchiever stealling the association on all manner of files, mostly making itself the default action over existing actions but sometimes removing all other actions.

this (mis)behaviour is driving me up the wall. where can I reset associations and prevent its recurrence?

Mik

Last edited by Cheifchimp (2009-09-06 02:52:14)

djszapi · 2009-09-05 06:03:33

Hello Cheifchimp!

Can you uninstall this app ro do you need it ? If you use console the application you use is in your hand, because you start that one which you would like to start. In gui application it depends on which file manager you use e.g. with double clicking.

Last edited by djszapi (2009-09-05 06:04:05)

bangkok_manouel · 2009-09-05 06:06:03

which DE/WM/File Manager are you using to begin with?

Cheifchimp · 2009-09-05 06:45:15

bangkok_manouel wrote:

which DE/WM/File Manager are you using to begin with?

sorry, thought I'd said xfce, thunar.

bangkok_manouel · 2009-09-05 06:48:06

Cheifchimp wrote:

bangkok_manouel wrote:
which DE/WM/File Manager are you using to begin with?
sorry, thought I'd said xfce, thunar.

if you right-click and chose "open with other application", there's an option to make the app you chose the default.

Cheifchimp · 2009-09-05 06:55:03

bangkok_manouel wrote:

Cheifchimp wrote:
bangkok_manouel wrote:
which DE/WM/File Manager are you using to begin with?
sorry, thought I'd said xfce, thunar.
if you right-click and chose "open with other application", there's an option to make the app you chose the default.

I've been doing that but xarchiever stays as default and my selection goes to bottom of list

bangkok_manouel · 2009-09-05 07:08:54

what about right click > properties > open with ?

djszapi · 2009-09-05 07:21:52

Did you try with other WM/DE/File manager too ?

R00KIE · 2009-09-05 13:59:03

I'm using xfce, pcmanfm (very rarely thunar) and xarchiver and it doesn't do that here ...
I have seen that sort of behavior from wine before, I sort of nuked all file associations by going to ~/.local/share/applications and deleting everything inside and after that everything seems to be working well.

rwd · 2009-09-05 22:25:55

System wide file type (or rather mime-type) associations are defined in /usr/share/applications/nameoftheapp.desktop, and cached in /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache. On top of that are user-defined associations in ~/.local/share/applications/....desktop files generated by thunar and cached in ~/.local/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache. Google a bit for 'mimeinfo.cache'.

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Cheifchimp · 2009-09-06 02:51:48

thanks, seems to be behaving now

Mik

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