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02-21-2009, 12:12 AM
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Registered: Aug 2005
Distribution: Debian Stable
Posts: 218
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Thunar accidentally replaced Nautilus as Gnome's default window manager!
I was messing around with different GUI sessions, and I wanted to try XFCE. Well, I switched to XFCE for a session, and I played around in it. When I went back to a Gnome session, however, it appears that Thunar is now the default filesystem explorer.
That's very annoying.
When I...
Places > Home Folder
I get the Thunar explorer. I want the Nautilus explorer. How do I fix this issue?
OS: Debian Sid
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02-21-2009, 05:52 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2007
Location: Croatia
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux
Posts: 1,733
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Create new folder on the desktop,right click on it > Properties > Open With > select Open Folder.
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02-22-2009, 03:34 PM
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Registered: Aug 2005
Distribution: Debian Stable
Posts: 218
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That didn't work, so I decided to apt-get remove thunar.
Afterwards, I tried switching over to Open Folder from what you said.
Things seem to be working smoothly now.
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02-22-2009, 03:54 PM
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Registered: Dec 2007
Location: Croatia
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux
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Yes,removing Thunar is something that I would suggested if things didn't worked,but only if you did log out and log back in or restarted the PC after applying the changes that I've suggested.
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04-11-2009, 11:55 PM
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Registered: Nov 2008
Posts: 41
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What if I don't want to remove Thunar? Say I am running Compiz Fusion standalone, I JUST want the XFCE panel, but Nautilus to handle the desktop and file management. How can I fix this without removing thunar, since my main menu depends on it?
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04-12-2009, 02:02 PM
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Registered: Dec 2007
Location: Croatia
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux
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Well,I guess you just have to install and use Nautilus as your file manager.
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04-12-2009, 11:11 PM
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Registered: Nov 2008
Posts: 41
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No. I have that installed. But the File Manager menu item in the Xfce menu ALWAYS runs Thunar. How do I change that?
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04-14-2009, 01:08 AM
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Registered: Dec 2007
Location: Croatia
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Yaro
File Manager menu item in the Xfce menu ALWAYS runs Thunar
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Will you explain this a little better?
Also,what's your distro?
Last edited by alan_ri; 04-14-2009 at 01:11 AM.
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04-15-2009, 01:15 AM
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Registered: Nov 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by alan_ri
Will you explain this a little better?
Also,what's your distro?
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Let's skip a few unneeded steps. I use Arch, but what I need to know is absolutely not reliant on my distribution: How do I edit the Xfce menu?
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04-15-2009, 07:02 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Dec 2007
Location: Croatia
Distribution: Debian GNU/Linux
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OK,let's close this thread,go here.
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