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how can I change file association globally? [duplicate]

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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Change Default Applications from Script [duplicate]

How can I change the default applications from the command line (specifically from a script)? The link below describes setting the default applications from the GUI, and also by editing ~/.local/share/...
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Setting sublime text as default for all Java files [duplicate]

Incidentally, I have RStudio & R installed on my laptop. So I don't know why but when I double-click on .java files, they open by default in RStudio. Every time I have to right-click and choose ...
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Open with Open Office [duplicate]

I just installed Open Office from the deb package. By default, it is installed in /opt so I can start OO writer with: /opt/openoffice4/program/soffice But, I want it to automatically open .docx ...
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OpenOffice files open with Archive Manager by default [duplicate]

If I double click a .odt (OpenOffice Document) file that's on a 4TB MyBook USB drive plugged into my router it tries to open it in Archive Manager. I have to right click it, go to "open with..." and ...
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Cannot set default browser to Seamonkey [duplicate]

I have set Seamonkey as default browser within Seamonkey and under preferred applications. Yet apps that have a help section always use Firefox to go to their help website. Any way to stop that? $ ...
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I want to set the default document viewer, but cannot change ImageMagick [duplicate]

Set default document Viewer but no change ImageMagick(display). I'm trying, but I can not change. Problem screenshot
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4 answers
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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. ...
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How do you set your Default Bittorrent Application?

Additional details are: OS = 12.10 Present Default Torrent Application = qBittorrent Preferred Default Torrent Application = Vuze My main area in of which I'm looking for advise is magnet links. ...
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Default Program Selection

I have to justify why my question is different to the answer someone linked. Basically if you go to system > details > default apps, this sets the default app for ALL video file types as opposed to ...
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How do I (persistently) change default file/program associations in Ubuntu 18.04+?

I am not shown the "Open with ..." tab in Files or the "Set as default ..." button anymore. This seems to be gone due to a UI change and there is an issue registered at Launchpad. I know that tools ...
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double-click does not open the default program [duplicate]

I installed Ubuntu 12.04, with texlive-full and texworks. When I double-click a .tex file in Nautilus, it pops up a Do you want to run "xxxxxxxx.tex", or display it contents? "xxxxxxxx.tex" is an ...
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How to set default program to open specific file type

I wish to set the default program to open .jpg files and other image files to GIMP. To do this as said in one of the answers here, I went into this section (Right-click > Properties > Open With):...
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How do I change which application opens xml documents by default?

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 ...
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Opening .docx attachments in Firefox using LibreOffice

I'm trying to open .docx files from the Outlook Web App, viewed in Firefox, with LibreOffice. LibreOffice is installed on my computer and the default application for opening .docx files. What's more, ...
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How to change the default application to open xml file in Ubuntu Bionic Beaver (development branch)?

I follow this and this to change the default application. But it does not work. I try to change to Text Editor as default application to open xml file but it does not change. By default it is firefox....
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How to open .webm video files in vlc(or any other media player) by default in 16.04?

I downloaded a bunch of lectures using youtube-dl. But all of those videos have .webm extension. Everytime I need to open the videos by right clicking>>Open with>>VLC. How do I make it open by ...
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1 answer
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Opening webdav ms-word:ofe|u| protocol links with LibreOffice

I use Ubuntu in my personal computer. Computers at work with Windows work with this link; it open the word file with microsoft office. ms-word:ofe|u|https://serveraddress/path/to/file.doc But in ...
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How to reset default app for filetype? [duplicate]

How can I set a filetype to always open with a specific application? In .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list there was this line - application/x-extension-jap=gedit.desktop;jalbum.desktop; It ...
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Xubuntu/precise: default programs chaos

I'm using xubuntu "precise". I have set up my preferred applications (Settings/Preferred-Applications or $ exo-preferred-applications): web browser: chromium mail reader: thunderbird file manager: ...
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Add Google Chrome to Default Applications

I am a new Ubuntu user. After initial install of my OS one of the first things I did was install Google Chrome (google-chrome-stable) from the Google website. Everything was good, it showed as an ...
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3 votes
1 answer
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How to change default program for files ending in one extension

In Ubuntu 18.** how do I set a default program only for files with one specific file extension? For example if I use the graphical interface and use "Set as default" for a .txt file it also changes ...
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Open Any file with specific Program? [duplicate]

I want to set default a specific program for open ANY files absolutely ANY(*.*), any extension, any mime type. ABSOLUTELY ALL I build a python program to automated choose the program for any file. ...
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1 answer
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xdg-open preferes opening pdf files with libreoffice rather than Document viewer since I removed Adobe?

I removed Adobe from my Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS and, since then, xdg-open file.pdf opens the file with libreoffice rather than Document viewer. Purging libreoffice completely solves the problem, however it ...
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How to make a terminal command a default "open with" option

So I installed wine and I want to make wine the default program for .exe files but I don't have it in the "open with" tab. I know this was possible in Linux Mint, but I have no idea how to do it here ...
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I can't associate .torrent with Transmisson

I’m terrible with computers and I recently updated my Ubuntu. I don’t know what to and I can't torrent because it asks me what to open with and I can't find transmission to open torrents with. Please ...
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