There is no easy way to restore Nautilus as a default application to open directories after it has been changed

[Michał Gołębiowski-Owczarek]

Binary package hint: nautilus

Some applications can change the default application to open directories from nautilus to another application. For example, I did it once with Krusader by following these steps:
1) Right-click any folder in Krusader
2) Choose "Open with -> Other..."
3) Choose any application (e.g. I chosed smplayer because I wanted it to play this directory as a DVD Video)
4) Mark "Remember association for this type of file

From now on, clicking Places -> any folder causes Smplayer to open the directory. There is no easy way to fix this as directory properties window in Nautilus doesn't have a tab to set a default application (it only has one for files). The only way to fix this is editing .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list file manually which is not especially user-friendly.

Proposed fixes:
a) Add a tab in directory properties for setting a default application for opening it.
b) Don't allow to open directories in any program besides Nautilus regardless other settings.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sun Nov 15 06:16:51 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: wl
Package: nautilus 1:2.28.1-0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: nautilus
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

[malev (marcosvanetta)]

Thank you for taking the time to make Ubuntu better. Since what you submitted is not really a bug, or a problem, but rather an idea to improve Ubuntu, you are invited to post your idea in Ubuntu Brainstorm at http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/ where it can be discussed, voted by the community and reviewed by developers. Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion!
malev

[Sense Egbert Hofstede (sense)]

Opening this bug again since it is an issue that is worth tracking in the bug tracker and not really a feature request.

[Martin Mai (mrkanister-deactivatedaccount-deactivatedaccount)]

Upstream bug has been marked as duplicate of bug https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=580309