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I somehow managed to unknowingly change the default app for opening directories on my laptop. E.g. when I use the option open containing folder in a program like Evince, my editor (vscode) opens u...
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mr Tsjolder
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2023-08-14T08:16:30Z (over 1 year ago)
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- I somehow managed to unknowingly change the default app for opening directories on my laptop.
- E.g. when I use the option _open containing folder_ in a program like Evince, my editor (vscode) opens up instead of my file manager (Nautilus).
- I have been experiencing this for some months now and it is not that much of a problem, but every time I stumble upon it I tend to start looking for solutions and every time I am unable to find a solution.
- I am using Gnome and I know how to change the default apps for web, mail, calendar, music, video and photos in settings.
- I also checked Gnome tweaks and dconf editor, but searches for _directory_, _folder_ and _default_ do not seem to list any entries for default directory settings.
Does anybody know how to change the default app for opening directories in Gnome or where these settings could be stored?
- I somehow managed to unknowingly change the default app for opening directories on my laptop.
- E.g. when I use the option _open containing folder_ in a program like Evince, my editor (vscode) opens up instead of my file manager (Nautilus).
- I have been experiencing this for some months now and it is not that much of a problem, but every time I stumble upon it I tend to start looking for solutions and every time I am unable to find a solution.
- I am using Gnome and I know how to change the default apps for web, mail, calendar, music, video and photos in settings.
- I also checked Gnome tweaks and dconf editor, but searches for _directory_, _folder_ and _default_ do not seem to list any entries for default directory settings.
- Does anybody know how to change the default app for opening directories in Gnome or where these settings could be stored?
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- ### Further Details
- The [answer](https://linux.codidact.com/posts/289332/289354#answer-289354) of matthewsnyder seems to point in the right direction.
- When opening a directory with `xdg-open`, vscode is started instead of Nautilus.
- However, when running
- ```
- xdg-mime query default inode/directory
- ```
- the output indicates that Nautilus should be the default app for opening directories again.
- Even though `xdg-open` clearly does not use Nautilus.
- I also tried running in debug mode using
- ```
- XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL=10 xdg-open ~
- ```
- but this only provides the following additional information: _Selected DE gnome3_
#2: Post edited
by
mr Tsjolder
·
2023-08-11T11:27:41Z (over 1 year ago)
broaden question + update title
What is the default app for opening directories in Gnome?
- How to change the default app for opening directories in Gnome?
- I somehow managed to unknowingly change the default app for opening directories on my laptop.
- E.g. when I use the option _open containing folder_ in a program like Evince, my editor (vscode) opens up instead of my file manager (Nautilus).
- I have been experiencing this for some months now and it is not that much of a problem, but every time I stumble upon it I tend to start looking for solutions and every time I am unable to find a solution.
- I am using Gnome and I know how to change the default apps for web, mail, calendar, music, video and photos in settings.
- I also checked Gnome tweaks and dconf editor, but searches for _directory_, _folder_ and _default_ do not seem to list any entries for default directory settings.
Does anybody know how to change the default app for opening directories in Gnome?
- I somehow managed to unknowingly change the default app for opening directories on my laptop.
- E.g. when I use the option _open containing folder_ in a program like Evince, my editor (vscode) opens up instead of my file manager (Nautilus).
- I have been experiencing this for some months now and it is not that much of a problem, but every time I stumble upon it I tend to start looking for solutions and every time I am unable to find a solution.
- I am using Gnome and I know how to change the default apps for web, mail, calendar, music, video and photos in settings.
- I also checked Gnome tweaks and dconf editor, but searches for _directory_, _folder_ and _default_ do not seem to list any entries for default directory settings.
- Does anybody know how to change the default app for opening directories in Gnome or where these settings could be stored?
#1: Initial revision
by
mr Tsjolder
·
2023-08-11T10:08:27Z (over 1 year ago)
What is the default app for opening directories in Gnome?
I somehow managed to unknowingly change the default app for opening directories on my laptop. E.g. when I use the option _open containing folder_ in a program like Evince, my editor (vscode) opens up instead of my file manager (Nautilus). I have been experiencing this for some months now and it is not that much of a problem, but every time I stumble upon it I tend to start looking for solutions and every time I am unable to find a solution. I am using Gnome and I know how to change the default apps for web, mail, calendar, music, video and photos in settings. I also checked Gnome tweaks and dconf editor, but searches for _directory_, _folder_ and _default_ do not seem to list any entries for default directory settings. Does anybody know how to change the default app for opening directories in Gnome?