topic title: [SOLVED]Qupzilla file associations
Posts: 4
mt12345
Joined: 06 May 2014
#1
I downloaded file in Qupzilla then double-clicked it in Download Manager.
I expected to see Thunar window but Chromium browser opened instead displaying content of my download folder
(file:///home/mm/Downloads/)

If I right-click it choosing 'open folder' the result is the same.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#2
It must be something to do with chromium browser. (google spying on you?)

Was it like this before you installed chromium?
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#3
you can use the mime-type editor in the menu to reset associations. chrome and chromium have a bad habit of taking over certain functions when you install them.
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mt12345
Joined: 06 May 2014
#4
there are 40 entries with 'chromium' in mime-types editor but I dont see anything related to file manager. all of them are 'default' so reset doesnt help.
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#5
hmmm...check and make sure that in the XFCE settings item called"Preferred Applications" on its Utilities tab that Thunar is still set as the preferred file manager.
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mt12345
Joined: 06 May 2014
#6
yes thunar is default.

I should have mentioned that I use openbox-session, not xfce.

anyway I uninstalled chromium, entries in mimetypeseditor disappeared.
now when I click on downloaded file in download manager nothing happens.

by the way, why is qupzilla not registered as x-www-browser???

$ x-www-browser
bash: x-www-browser: command not found


# update-alternatives --config x-www-browser
update-alternatives: error: no alternatives for x-www-browser
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#7
I installed chromium on my mx machine, and the downloads still open in thunar from qupzilla. however, I am still using xfce. Have you tried from an xfce session to see if there is a difference?
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#8
I have now installed openbox. The file link from qupzilla's download manager does not work by default under openbox (opens a chromium window if chromium is installed, as you noted). The operation works fine under xfce (opens thunar).
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mt12345
Joined: 06 May 2014
#9
Got it!
Added following line

application/x-directory=thunar.desktop

to

~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

source:


========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=780740"
linktext was:"https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=780740"
====================================


Thanks!
Martin

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