Comment 44 for bug 667071

@Phillip Susi
excuse me, have you by any chance been many-years employee at Microsoft ?

This answer is so snotty and shitty, that I have to assume.
Nahh, maybe IBM-employee ?

OF COURSE its not a fix :
Taking away user rights to manipulate his own machine/OS/interface is
NOT, I repeat NOT, a "solution"; only a cop-out for a very, seriously
lazy developer.

regards gerti
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> On 5/11/2011 9:11 AM, gerti wrote:
>> BTW : in my newly installed 11.4 there is no possibility to
>> check/uncheck for "Remember this...".
>> So, in my opinion, this is still an open bug.
>
> That IS the fix. You can no longer accidentally screw it up by checking
> the remember this box.
>
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> of a duplicate bug (772460).
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071
>
> Title:
> Folders opened by wrong application
>
> Status in Nautilus:
> Expired
> Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
>
> 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
>
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