File association in xfce4

I am wondering how file association works in xfce4.
Examples: After emacs was installed, xfce4 wanted to open all kinds of files in a new instance of emacs. An .scm scheme source code file was opened in StarCraft Map Editor An .xml file was opened in winebrowser, many many instances of winebrowser were opened, stole all cpu time and I had to kill the X session. An .mp3 is opened in gxine. (I think gxine has a horrid UI, I use it as an opera plugin.)
In the right click menu I can choose between gxine or vlc or audacious. "Open With Other Application" > "Use as default for this kind of file" is an option too, but I rather have this information accessible in one conf file. Now is there one somewhere?

Yes, there were relevant files in ~/.local/share/applications/ I was staring right at them and didn't see. Anyway I don't understand them and their syntax well enough to edit them yet.
mimeinfo.cache
[MIME Cache]
application/x-wine-extension-ini=wine-extension-ini.desktop
image/gif=feh-usercreated-1.desktop
image/jpeg=feh-usercreated-1.desktop
application/x-wine-extension-hlp=wine-extension-hlp.desktop
image/png=feh-usercreated-1.desktop
application/x-wine-extension-scx=wine-extension-scx.desktop
text/html=wine-extension-htm.desktop;wine-extension-html.desktop;
text/plain=gvim-usercreated.desktop;wine-extension-txt.desktop;
application/rtf=wine-extension-rtf.desktop
application/x-chm=wine-extension-chm.desktop
application/xml=wine-extension-xml.desktop
text/x-scheme=wine-extension-scm.desktop
application/x-mswrite=wine-extension-wri.desktop
A lot of wine stuff and feh doesn't animate .gif
defaults.list
[Default Applications]
application/xml=gvim.desktop
audio/mpeg=vlc.desktop
video/x-flv=vlc.desktop
text/x-scheme=gvim-usercreated.desktop
application/x-shockwave-flash=opera.desktop;conkeror.desktop
video/x-ms-wmv=vlc.desktop
text/html=opera.desktop
This one looks better, but isn't it a bit short? (Neither opera or conkeror will actually play the .swf I know I have to fix that somewhere else.)
File type, as thunar shows it, seems to be another thing and the cmd "file" shows yet another type.
/etc/xdg/xfce4/helpers.rc are just 3 apps and I'm only using 2 since I don't use a mail app.

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errm ...
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Hi Primeid,
You could use Group policy for file associations or you could deploy the xml file during image deployment. However as you mentioned that the file associations only applies to common application on local hard drive or metro app.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mniehaus/archive/2014/01/10/configuring-file-associations-in-windows-8-1.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mrmlcgn/archive/2013/02/26/windows-8-associate-a-file-type-or-protocol-with-a-specific-app-using-a-gpo-e-g-default-mail-client-for-mailto-protocol.aspx
We understand your confusion about this, but we hope you understand that using network location for file association deployment is highly insecure and it is out of our recommendation since the content in that network location could be changed without any
notification or permissions constraint.
Thanks for your understanding.
Regards
D. Wu
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ok.
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