Folders opened by wrong application
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Nautilus |
Expired
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Medium
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nautilus (Ubuntu) |
Triaged
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Right clicking on a folder and choosing open with, then selecting another application has the "remember this application" box checked by default. If you proceed, that application will be remembered and used to open folders in the future, which can cause confusion.
Changing the default handler for folders either should not be allowed at all, or at the very least, the option should not be enabled by default.
To fix it, do the following:
* Open the Computer from the Places menu
* open a partition, which does have some folders in it
* right click on any folder
* select Open with Other application from the context menu
* select the File browser as the app to open with
* make sure the "remember this application for 'folder' files" is checked
* click OK
affects: | file-roller (Ubuntu) → gnome-panel (Ubuntu) |
Changed in gnome-panel (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → Invalid |
description: | updated |
tags: |
added: metabug removed: apport-bug i386 maverick |
Changed in nautilus: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
status: | Unknown → New |
Changed in nautilus: | |
status: | New → Expired |
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* Is this reproducible?
* If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
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I think this might not be related to file-roller, I have a similar problem: clicking any of the Bookmarks from the Places menu opens Shotwell instead of the folder, the only option to open them is to open Computer, and click the desired place in the bookmarks bar.