[SOLVED] Unset Default programs in XFCE?

business_kid · 09-26-2010, 12:30 PM

I made the mistake of lending my linux based laptop to a windows nerd to let him have a look at bluefish. He wants Dreamweaver, but the college won't pay licenses for it. So I showed him bluefish:-//.

Now, the $%@! has jpgs associated by default with Internet Explorer under wine :-//. How do I undo that?? How do you get them off that list?
XFCE-4.6.1 on slackware-13.1 it is, no kde or gnome. I've checked all the setup menus but no dice.

I had about 50 instances of stuff like start.exe and core.exe and winebrowser open. Thank heavens for pkill -9!

Meson · 09-27-2010, 08:38 AM

I'm not sure if XFCE puts this stuff in the same place as Gnome...

Code:

$ cd ~/.local/share/applications
$ rm -rf *wine*
$ update-desktop-database

$ cd ~/.local/share/mime
$ rm -rf *wine*
$ update-mime-database

You may only want to remove specific stuff... but you get the point.

djsmiley2k · 09-27-2010, 08:40 AM

Also I believe (no access to my system atm) you can right click the image file, and select open with (might be with shift or ctrl) - from this you can change the default. I had to a few times to fix opening pdf's (they'd keep opening in gimp!!!)

business_kid · 09-28-2010, 02:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meson

I'm not sure if XFCE puts this stuff in the same place as Gnome...

Code:

$ cd ~/.local/share/applications
$ rm -rf *wine*
$ update-desktop-database

$ cd ~/.local/share/mime
$ rm -rf *wine*
$ update-mime-database

You may only want to remove specific stuff... but you get the point.

Yes, thanks. /usr/share/applications is full of desktop files, and the update script falls over one of them. I'll have to go back with uid 0 and make decisions.

update-mime-database throws an error whatever I do, and spits out a short usage message
Usage: update-mime-database [-hvV] MIME-DIR
bash-4.1$ update-mime-database v /usr/share/mime
identical message for any option. Have I bad breadth or something?

business_kid · 09-28-2010, 03:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by djsmiley2k

Also I believe (no access to my system atm) you can right click the image file, and select open with (might be with shift or ctrl) - from this you can change the default. I had to a few times to fix opening pdf's (they'd keep opening in gimp!!!)

Yeah, That worked, with one important proviso.

Right Click / Open With / Other Application (even if you can see the one you want)

Images now open with geeqie.

djsmiley2k · 09-28-2010, 04:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by business_kid

Yes, thanks. /usr/share/applications is full of desktop files, and the update script falls over one of them. I'll have to go back with uid 0 and make decisions.

update-mime-database throws an error whatever I do, and spits out a short usage message
Usage: update-mime-database [-hvV] MIME-DIR
bash-4.1$ update-mime-database v /usr/share/mime
identical message for any option. Have I bad breadth or something?

You missing a -

It should be

Code:

update-mime-database -v /usr/share/mime

Meson · 09-28-2010, 05:47 AM

Sorry, I missed a "."

Code:

$ update-desktop-database .
$ update-mime-database .

Do that from within each dir, or replace "." with the path too it.

business_kid · 09-29-2010, 02:25 AM

Thanks Guys. We canb let this one die. I'm sorted over here.