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[Garry Leach <667071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jack,

Thanks for pushing me to look at this again.

Yesterday, I went through the "open with other applications" a dozen
times, but I am sure that the "remember..." check box was not there.

it was this time!

And with the "remember this application for XYZ files" check box
pre-ticked!

This pre-ticking was the start of this bug earlier this year; I thought
that the plan was to remove the default tick, but I seem to remember a
discussion that the developers removed the "remember..." facility
completely...

Although I am confused now as to why or what, I will look out for the
tick in future!

Regards, Garry.

On Mon, 2011-10-31 at 01:03 +0000, John Hagerman wrote:
> On 11-10-30 04:28 PM, Garry Leach wrote:
> > Hi,use th

> >
> > I just did a little more testing.  It seems to remember the last used
> > application for .jpg&  .avi, but in an inconsistent way.
> >
> > If try to open a .jpg, it "opens" with movie player.
> >
> > If I change it to open with image viewer, it opens OK, but if I close
> > that window, then select another .jpg,  it "opens" with movie player.
> >
> > If I try to open a .avi, it fails to open (with an error message), but
> > has image viewer set as the default.
> >
> > Regards, Garry.
> >
> Right click on the file, click on "open with other application" and 
> choose the application you want to use. Check mark "Remember this 
> application........." and all applications of that type will open with 
> that application.
> 
> Jack
>

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071

Title:
  Folders opened by wrong application

Status in Nautilus:
  Expired
Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Right clicking on a folder and choosing open with, then selecting
  another application has the "remember this application" box checked by
  default.  If you proceed, that application will be remembered and used
  to open folders in the future, which can cause confusion.

  Changing the default handler for folders either should not be allowed
  at all, or at the very least, the option should not be enabled by
  default.

  To fix it, do the following:

  * Open the Computer from the Places menu
  * open a partition, which does have some folders in it
  * right click on any folder
  * select Open with Other application from the context menu
  * select the File browser as the app to open with
  * make sure the "remember this application for 'folder' files" is checked
  * click OK

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