Gnome file associations[solved]

How can I delete them?
When I create an new user everything goes well, but not in my home profil
thx Matthias
Last edited by eg4matze (2007-04-16 15:16:31)

that's an excellent question. I always wanted to know where those file associations are stored per user... system-wide, I guess nautilus takes a peek at /opt/gnome/share/mime* and takes the latest | lexicographically sorted registered handler by default.
this is one thing gnome really lacks: a central place to modify this (like in kde).
you should also make sure shared-mime-info package is installed.
EDIT: found associations at last (not that I really searched before)
look in ~/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
I also found this interesting read: http://www.amitysolutions.com.au/docume … chnote.pdf
it lists that per user mime types are stored in .local/share/mime* folders
EDIT 2: I took some time to read the error message, and it says that the extension and the mime type detected from file contents do not match. out of the blue, try to rename file with .jpg extension with .jpeg extension.
Last edited by lloeki (2007-04-16 14:12:42)

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