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01-01-2004, 07:33 AM	#1
jax79sg LQ Newbie Registered: Aug 2002 Location: Singapore Distribution: Redhat 7.3 Posts: 13 Rep:	Lost association for folders on desktop gnome Here's an example of what i getwhen i tried to open a folder from desktop A text editor starts and displays this [Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Encoding=UTF-8 Name=jax's Home Type=X-nautilus-home URL=file:///home/jax X-Nautilus-Icon=gnome-fs-home I believe i may have somehow assiociated folders with text editors, but do not know how to change that association back.

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