[solved] xarchiever steals file associations

I'm experiencing a a problem with xarchiever stealling the association on all manner of files, mostly making itself the default action over existing actions but sometimes removing all other actions.
this (mis)behaviour is driving me up the wall. where can I reset associations and prevent its recurrence?
Mik
Last edited by Cheifchimp (2009-09-06 02:52:14)

bangkok_manouel wrote:
Cheifchimp wrote:
bangkok_manouel wrote:which DE/WM/File Manager are you using to begin with?
sorry, thought I'd said xfce, thunar.
if you right-click and chose "open with other application", there's an option to make the app you chose the default.
I've been doing that but xarchiever stays as default and my selection goes to bottom of list

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