Xfce4 file associations simple problem

Can anyone help me with some simple file association problems in xfce4?
whenever I click a link, it tries to launch the GNOME Web Browser, and I get the following message:
Could not start GNOME Web Browser
Startup failed because of the following error:
Unable to determine the address of the message bus (try 'man dbus-launch' and 'man dbus-daemon' for help)
I've set the preferred application to Opera in the Settings menu, but no difference.
Additionally, can anyone point to somewhere explaining how to write custom commands for opening files in thunar. For example, it doesn't recognise .torrent files, and I'd like to launch them in Azureus when I click on them.
Any help appreciated!

soylent_green_is_hamster wrote:
run dbus-launch gnome web browser
this produces the following error
Couldn't exec web: No such file or directory
about the thunar question if u right click a .torrent file and open it with azureus theres a tick which is ticked by default to open these files every time with azureus.
yeah - but azureus isn't listed as one of the applications I can pick from. Not sure what to do...
errm ...
dbus-launch NAME_OF_BROWSER_EXECUTIVE
edit: u could always edit the menu or make a custom link adding the command for example dbus-launch FOO instead of just FOO
about azureus: add it manually using a custom command..

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