Folders on desktop are opened with Nautilus although my default file browser is Thunar

[Pierre Rudloff]

I use Thunar as my default file browser (folders opened from apps are opened with it) but when I double click on a folder on the Gnome desktop, it opens with Nautilus.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: nautilus 1:3.5.90.really.3.4.2-0ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-21.32-generic 3.5.7.1
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-21-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu9
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 4 00:37:41 2013
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/nautilus
GsettingsChanges:
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'geometry' b"'800x550+0+55'"
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'maximized' b'true'
 b'org.gnome.nautilus.window-state' b'start-with-status-bar' b'true'
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=fr_FR:en
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: nautilus
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-10-25 (70 days ago)

[Adolfo Jayme Barrientos (fitojb)]

That's because the desktop is drawn by... Nautilus. I think there is ongoing work to split desktop drawing out of Nautilus, but I don't know if that will solve this bug.

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

indeed, as the previous comment stated it that's not a bug, the desktop is a nautilus view