XFCE: set default applications to extensions

senorsnor · 08-19-2004, 02:47 PM

Is it possible to set default applications to certain extensions so the right program opens the right file in XFCE4? Right now I'm using XFE as file manager, when I want to open an mp3 I have to tell XFE to open it with XMMS. When I click on an mp3 in Firefox, I have to tell Firefox to open it with xmms, etc. Is it possible to set this somewhere so that every program just knows what program to open a certain filetype with?

snmcdonald · 08-04-2011, 03:42 AM

Right click on the file type you wish to change

"open-with other application"

Select the application you want and click set default.

JesseF · 08-24-2011, 05:21 PM

That is really lame. It would be nice if there were a difrent way where all the default applications could be viewed/set. Does such an app exist?

snmcdonald · 08-24-2011, 05:33 PM

That is lame. You could try:

Quote:

gconf-editor
and/or
gnome-default-applications-properties

Solution from Mandriva Forums

JesseF · 08-24-2011, 07:03 PM

I could not find gnome-default-applications-properties so I did not try it and gconf-editor seems similar to xfce4-settings-editor but I can not find where the default applications are set