Chrome Magnet Links (Xdg-open fail) - Popcorn time theft

Question

I have tried and tried and tried (i've never actually asked a Q Before, always figured it out)

But this is completly messed up so i urge you who have knowledge to help me.

On Chrome, Magnet links are being launched by Popcorn time instead of qBittorrent, which i am sure you can appreciate is highly unsatisfactory.

I have tried editing xdg-mime xdg-open the Popcorn-time.desktop entry to remove the magnet reference (in ~/.local/share/applications/Popcorn-time.desktop)

I have insured magnet exists in the qBittorrent.desktop. I have checked mimeapps.list in (~/.local/share/applications/) to use qBittorent.desktop

i have done everything that every guide on the planet has told me to do!

short of removing popcorntime completely, or switching away from chrome (both totally un-ideal) i have no clue what to do!

how do i set mime, to open magnet links (yes magnet links. not any extension file which can be set in properties)

Answer 1

Like already told on IRC:

since gvfs-open now handles most mime types gvfs-mime --set x-scheme-handler/magnet qBittorrent.desktop did set it to the wanted program qBittorrent.

Next time please stick to proper Facts and reduce all the swearing and ranting, so people can get a clue what the issue is and what you already tried to solve it.