File Associations

[brad.mugleston at comcast.net]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Rick Stevens wrote:

> brad.mugleston at 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.

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



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