File extensions such as .Jpg .and .ogg, and issues with association.
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Broken file type associations after running update-mime-database
After running sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime my gnome doesn't recognize any file types anymore. In Nautilus all files are now text/plain type and all now open with gedit by default. ...
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Change all associations from gedit to another application
I started using Sublime Text 2 a week or so ago and I loved it so much I've spent $60 on it and now want to use it for everything.
Gedit currently has ownership of most of the text file associations. ...
0
votes
1answer
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How to make all filetypes open in a certain program?
I want every filetype to open in Leafpad.
I tried to edit /usr/share/applications/defaults.list to associate file types.
But I want all filetypes to open in a certain program, with maybe something ...
2
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3answers
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how can I change file association globally?
gedit is set by default to open about any source file. I've gone through the file properties and changed default application to VIM for C and C++ files.
I'd need to do this for any source file I open ...
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1answer
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Is there any application for editing the file type associations? [duplicate]
Somehow, on my computer at work the default application for JPG files is ... wine !
Wine is not even installed anymore.
I can "open with" other applications.
But no matter what i've tried "wine" ...
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2answers
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How to associate all file types within Wine with its corresponding native application?
This is easily done for a single file type, as answered in How to associate a file type within Wine with a native application?, by creating a .reg for the desired filetype. But this is for AVI only. I ...
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0answers
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Associate file extension with wine program run through PlayOnLinux wrapper
I suspect this may not be doable, but is there a way for me to associate a given file extension (in this case, .ppt or .pptx files) with a program run through Wine with the PlayOnLinux wrapper ...
4
votes
1answer
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How to open a file with drag to application?
I use GpsPrune to view some gps dumps, unfortunately there is no setting to double-click and open the files in the viewer. In older versions of Ubuntu you could just drag any file to the icon of an ...
2
votes
1answer
210 views
How can I eliminate wine application options from Thunar's context menu?
I have Xfce and in Thunar file association are changing randomly, to wine applications
like jpeg and png to Internet Explorer and mp3 to Windows Media Player. I change it back to gpicview and Totem ...
0
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2answers
178 views
How to associate file types with wine in nautilus
I have Ubuntu 12.10 with Nautilus 3.4.2.
After installing wine "apt-get install wine" are exe files still associated with the archive manager.
In previous versions of ubuntu I've always right ...
3
votes
1answer
238 views
Why can't I easily open .py files with IDLE using right click?
I have visited this question and tried everything mentioned with no success:
How do I set IDLE as default editor for python scripts
Ubuntu 12.04
Python 2.7
IDLE(Using Python-2.7)
When I ...
8
votes
3answers
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What is the relationship between MIME types and File .extensions?
I may have the wrong idea here, but I thought that:
MIME types are identifying codes, embedded inside a file.
File .extensions are idenifying codes, suffixed to the file's name.
I thought, from ...
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vote
2answers
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How to set netbeans 7.2 as my default PHP IDE on ubuntu 12.10
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit ... I have installed XAMPP and Netbeans 7.2 IDE. The problem is I can't open any PHP file using Netbeans IDE and when I click "open with" I can't find Netbeans within the ...
0
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3answers
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associating files with same MIME but different file extensions to differentt applications
How can I associate files with same MIME but different extensions to different applications.
For example both .maff & .zip files have application/zip MIME ; But I need to open .maff by Firefox and ...
6
votes
4answers
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Firefox application associations not working
No matter what changes i make to file associations (actions) in the 'Applications' tab in Firefox, they're totally ignored.
For example, i set .wmv and .avi files to open with 'smplayer' but when i ...
1
vote
2answers
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Associate .mm files with Freeplane
I use Freeplane mind-mapping software. It creates .mm files which Nautilus reports as Troff MM input document. I want to be able to open a file with Freeplane by double-clicking it in Nautilus.
I ...
0
votes
1answer
73 views
Setting a file types default program to be a Jar file
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04. I have a file with an extension .sbd and I have a jar file (that I've written) that can open these extensions. However, I want to be able to click on the .sbd file and have the ...
8
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3answers
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How to associate file extension (not file type) for a particular application?
I use taskcoach to create a list of my tasks.
The data I entered was saved, say, in tasks.tsk on my Desktop. Internally, this is an XML file of specific structure.
Now whenever I open it, it opens ...
3
votes
5answers
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How can I deal with file association in different application(not in Nautilus)?
Maybe i don't understand the system.
Upgraded to (reinstalled) Ubuntu 11.04.
Is there any way the applications can use something that i set in nautilus, or it's just a wrong idea about the usage?
In ...
2
votes
2answers
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How do I get kubuntu to open RTF files in Libre office
Using Kubuntu 12.04.01 on a dual-boot computer, I have entered System Settings >File Association to open rtf and richtext files with LibreOffice Writer set as preference over Kate and GNUEmacs. I have ...
2
votes
3answers
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Web browser downloads only open target folders - cannot open files
After installing xubuntu packages in order to check xfce, I reverted back to gnome2.
During the first login, I noticed that thunar was now selected as the default file manager.
Preferred applications ...
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vote
1answer
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“The location is not a folder” error when opening files
I'm aware of this other question and i'm making a new one because that solutions there were not enough for my problem.
I installed xfce and pcmanfm on top of my vanilla ubuntu 10.10 installation.
...
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vote
0answers
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How to associate file types with Sublime Text 2?
I installed Sublime Text using this tutorial http://www.technoreply.com/how-to-install-sublime-text-2-on-ubuntu-12-04-unity/
I want to associate Sublime with css, js and php files. I added the ...
0
votes
0answers
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How to change “Open With” with force and fury? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I change Open With list (remove somthing or change)
This question is obviously NOT a duplicate as actual reading more than one sentence will show.
Every [too ...
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votes
1answer
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Remove Wine's Notepad from “Open With” options
A few facts: I use Wine. Wine ships its own version of Notepad. For some files, this copy of Notepad has somehow become associated. There is no possibility of me ever actually wanting to open anything ...
8
votes
3answers
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VLC is set to open the folders (Home, desktop, documents etc) in the Places menu. How to reset this?
So I downloaded something with Kget and somehow set all the folders in the Places menu to open in VLC rather than in the default file manager. How do I clear this?
3
votes
0answers
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How to get Yelp to open the docs?
quickly tutorial
Result: An empty Yelp window with the XML file opened in gedit.
yelp /usr/share/quickly/templates/ubuntu-application/help/tutorial.xml --> Exactly the same problem.
Worked fine a ...
1
vote
2answers
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How does Ubuntu create “user-defined” file associations?
I'm afraid my question's gonna look like a rant, but I'm really curious how such terrible setting have got created.
According to this answer, any customizations that you make are stored in your home ...
4
votes
1answer
359 views
How to register a shell script as the main application for a given file extension
I have a shell script "the_script" that I would like to register as the default application for the files with the extension ".ext". For this purpose, I have written an xml file to register the mime ...
2
votes
2answers
548 views
How can I associate .doc files to MS Word 2010 using the same .desktop file as launcher?
I'm trying to associate .doc and .docx files to MS Word 2010 using the same .desktop file as Unity dash and launcher, so I can use the Word icon in launcher.
I tried:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Microsoft ...
0
votes
1answer
198 views
How do I unassociate executables with wine?
I want to un-associate executables to open with wine, for security reasons
I'm using Lubuntu 11.10, how can I do this?
1
vote
1answer
725 views
How to open php files on Eclipse PDT Indigo
Since I have downloaded and installed the Eclipse PDT Indigo, I want to make it opens automatically files with .php extension.
Before Oneiric's release, simply right clicking on any .php file, ...
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votes
3answers
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Where are file associations stored?
How Ubuntu or any other Linux systems store file associations?
Is there some /etc/asscociations file? or something?
I know that I can right click on file and change it via "open with". But I'm just ...
2
votes
1answer
270 views
Everything opens dolphin file manager windows [closed]
Every kind of file I open through ubuntu dash or via firefox download window instead of directly open the right application it launches a dolphin window straight to the path of the file and just then ...
0
votes
1answer
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In KDE, how can I make totem the lowest priority program in all associated file types
I just installed the ubuntu-desktop package on Kubuntu to try out unity, but now all my file associations have been stolen from my (painstakingly optimised) defaults (amarok, k3b, dragon player) to ...
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vote
0answers
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Create a file type association for my Truecrypt volumes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Creating .desktop files to use on the “Open with other application” tab
i have installed truecrypt
in windows tc extensions are aasociated with truecrypt
my ...
2
votes
3answers
970 views
How do I add an alternative “open with” command for text files in Kubuntu?
On Kubuntu 11.04 I just installed gvim, which magically added an "open with gvim" for a bunch of text files. Great, but I would like to add another one in order to start gvim on the given file and ...
1
vote
0answers
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Wrong app starts (VLC) instead of Nautilus while opening a directory (Ubuntu One personal Cloud, Documents) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
VLC is set to open the folders (Home, desktop, documents etc) in the Places menu. How to reset this?
Opening a Nautilus bookmark launches VLC / browser
I start Ubuntu ...
0
votes
1answer
313 views
.xmind file format detected as Zip [closed]
I am using the Mind Mapping software XMind
After installing it, I find that it does not set the correct file association. Its detected as a ZIP. How can I fix this?
I could do the below, ...
... ...
4
votes
2answers
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JPEG files default to “bless” (Hex Editor), not to “eog” (Image Viewer)
I opened a JPEG file once with the HEX editor bless. Now Nautilus and GNOME in general have associated all JPEG files with bless. How do I get it to go back to eog (Image Viewer)?
I've tried enabling ...
3
votes
1answer
2k views
How to associate a file type within Wine with a native application?
For example, I want all avi files to be associated with mplayer in Wine
mplayer /home/user/myvideo.avi
Edit from Oli: I believe this this actually the inverse of what most people would assume from ...
