XFCE and "recent files"

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XFCE and "recent files"

Post by mozmck »

Hi, I just installed mint 17 64-bit, and then installed a basic xfce (without thunar so far). When I run Cinnamon, if I click on one of the "Recent Files" in the menu, it seems to think it is a directory and opens up a "Choose Preferred Application" dialog so I can set the preferred File Manager for XFCE - even though I'm not running XFCE right now and it is a file - not a directory!!! How do I fix this? I had a similar problem using XFCE in mint 16, where at least from some applications it thought files were directories and would open the file manager instead of the correct file handler.

I installed the Cinnamon version of mint to try it again, but there are enough things it doesn't do right I think I'll go back to XFCE. Having the panel span both monitors is a pretty big one. One thing I do though is use Nemo for the default file manager as I find several things about it much nicer than Thunar.

Thanks for any help!
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Re: XFCE and "recent files"

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Does MIME Type Editor not work for this?
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