Re: File Associations

[Rick Stevens <rstevens vitalstream com>]

brad mugleston comcast net wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Rick Stevens wrote:
>
> > brad mugleston comcast net wrote:
> >
> > > I'm having a problem with my file associations - I can't seem to get 
> > > them changed.  I want to default to a different MP3 player and I've 
> > > changed all the associations I can find yet it still pulls up the 
> > > original player. I've even gone as far as rebooting to see if that 
> > > will do it and it doesn't work.
> > >
> > > Do I need to change these as Root?
> >
> >
> > Not as root.  If you're under Gnome, did you hit go through
> > "HatIcon->Preferences->File types and programs"?  That's where most
> > of them are.  Of course, Mozilla/Firefox have its own set under
> > "Edit->Navigator->Helper Apps"
>
>
> Yep, that's basically how I did it (My system got messed up when I 
> upgraded Ximian so I go through System-Personal Settings-File 
> Associations) but it's the same basic place. I make the changes and nada.

Did you log out and back in?  That stuff is session-based so you need to
restart the session for it to take effect.

> Anyplace deeper I can look (i.e. go right into the data file with VI and 
> search and change)?

Uhm, lemme see...it's buried in a number of places.  You could try
editing ~/.gnome/application-info/user.applications and see if any of
the mime types in there affect it.
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