Whenever I try to open a file (such as an .odt, or .doc) from say, the Dash or the Firefox Downloads, Ubuntu 11.10 opens Nautilus to the the folder where the file is, rather than just going to the application and loading the file straight away.
In previous releases, when I clicked on a downloaded file, it just went straight to LibreOffice, and it was fine. This is adding a superfluous step in the process.
How do I associate the correct extensions?
There is an easier way to fix this, even with exo installed (I use unity AND xfce4-panel so I needed both).
Open ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list in an editor (make a backup just in case!). Remove the following lines:
x-scheme-handler/file=exo-file-manager.desktop
x-scheme-handler/trash=exo-file-manager.desktop
Save, and it should work now.
Some users will need to make exactly the same changes to /usr/share/xubuntu/applications/defaults.list as well. The lines can be commented out by adding # at the beginning of each. The fix works after logging in again.
uninstall exo
...HOWEVER I believe this breaks xfce, so this will not work if you're using xfce as well as gnome. if you don't need xfce this works. in my case the following packages plus their dependencies:
Completely removed the following packages:
exo-utils
libexo-1-0
libexo-common
libexo-helpers
very annoying problem and I had a very hard time finding the answer. finally found this : https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=882193 - if you're looking for a better solution that has more explanation.
I believe this happened when I installed xfce to try it out.
I had the same problem, yet libexo was never installed. The rather brutal way of deleting the .local folder in my home directory solved it.
