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Old 11-25-2009, 05:09 AM   #1
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How to make dolphin the default file-manager in ubuntu 9.04


I have installed dolphin in ubuntu 9.04 but whenever I click on a folder it opens with nautilus file-manager. I found no option in the folder properties for making dolphin the default file-manager !

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Old 11-25-2009, 05:58 AM   #2
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I found the following link showing how to achieve the above mentioned functionality:

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/switch-to-...lemanager.html

and I did'nt know that a thread already existed on this issue:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...anager-700122/
 
Old 11-25-2009, 06:42 AM   #3
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Following http://www.ubuntugeek.com/switch-to-...lemanager.html thread I could manage to open the menu Places->Home through Dolphin
but
when I clicked on a normal folder on the desktop, it opened with nautilus as usual !!
 
  


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