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I am on 14.04 and want to set a custom application (subtitleeditor) to open xml files. This question does not apply to me: How to set default program? because not matter what I do, the default program to open xml files stays the default browser set by System setings>Details>Default applications.

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If you click a link in a browser, it is the browser which decides what program to use. In Firefox, thatcan be changed on the "applications" tab in the Preferences.

Clicking a .xml file name in the Files manager or on the desktop should launch the default program. To change that, right-click on a .xml file, choose Properties, and click the "Open with" tab.

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  • My case is your second paragraph. And does this work for you with -xml files? Because it does not for me. Ok, I tried with guest user and it works even for .xml files. So there is something wrong with my profile. Any ideas which files might need resetting to default values to fix this? "Bisecting" .home is a bit tiresome.
    – sup
    Aug 4, 2014 at 11:09
  • Edit ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list. Delete the line that contains application/xml. Then proceed as above.
    – Jos
    Aug 4, 2014 at 11:19
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    @Jos in my case, my mimeapps.list is empty.
    – fsevenm
    Dec 23, 2019 at 22:00

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