I have just experienced these exact symptoms on my upto date version of Ubuntu 10.10.
Any folder I opened from the "places" would immediately cause the entire contents of that folder to be opened by media player. I fixed the problem afterwards by editing .local/share/applications/mimeapps.list as someone above recommended. However it caused further dodgy problems on my system: The "update manager" popped up and thought it was doing a "partial upgrade". Update manager also prompted me to do "sudo apt-get install -f" and "sudo dpkg --configure -a" to clear things up, which worked eventually. I would recommended that this bug be rated more seriously. It's still present in ubuntu 10.10. Leading up to my experience of this bug, I had been trying to open a corrupted file in both VLC and Media Player, so maybe that was the cause? Good luck with fixing it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260492 Title: opening a directory using an application change associations incorrectly -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
