Files not opening on double click (Gnome)

That is the problem im having.
Im using a virtual Arch (virtualbox) via RDP ... all the system is fine. The only thing not working is that whenever i double click on any document//picture/archive it does not open it's default app....
I dont think is something to do with the RDP protocol because if i open the mouse settings manager, where you have a small zone for testing the double click actions (the small bulb that lights on/off when you double click) the test shows that the system is actually detecting a double mouse click.............. is there any global settings, in gconf-editor, perhaps, where i can correct this?
thank you!

Solved: I had nautilus-elementary from archlinux.fr
I did: pacman -Rd nautilus-elementary
then:
pacman -S nautilus
All working again....

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