[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 662194 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/662194 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 662194 [SRU] Nautilus: 'Remember this application for ... option should be made inactive by default -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/667071/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
Hi Jack, Thanks for pushing me to look at this again. Yesterday, I went through the open with other applications a dozen times, but I am sure that the remember... check box was not there. it was this time! And with the remember this application for XYZ files check box pre-ticked! This pre-ticking was the start of this bug earlier this year; I thought that the plan was to remove the default tick, but I seem to remember a discussion that the developers removed the remember... facility completely... Although I am confused now as to why or what, I will look out for the tick in future! Regards, Garry. On Mon, 2011-10-31 at 01:03 +, John Hagerman wrote: On 11-10-30 04:28 PM, Garry Leach wrote: Hi,use th I just did a little more testing. It seems to remember the last used application for .jpg .avi, but in an inconsistent way. If try to open a .jpg, it opens with movie player. If I change it to open with image viewer, it opens OK, but if I close that window, then select another .jpg, it opens with movie player. If I try to open a .avi, it fails to open (with an error message), but has image viewer set as the default. Regards, Garry. Right click on the file, click on open with other application and choose the application you want to use. Check mark Remember this application. and all applications of that type will open with that application. Jack -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/667071/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
Hi, This may be a new bug, or just a nuisance... I was a subscriber to the original bug; the workaround was OK. I upgraded to 11.04, earlier this year. Recently, something seems to have changed: when I click on a photo (.jpg), I expect it to open with image viewer, as it has always done (I have been using Ubuntu since 2005). However, it now opens with movie player, showing a blank window, as the file is not a movie. I did have some short .avi videos mixed in with the set of photos, so I suspect that one of these has triggered the open-with movie player. However, now that there is no way to change the default application, I seem to be stuck with having to individually use the open-with feature whenever I want to look at photos. Any suggestions? Regards, Garry. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/667071/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
Hi, I just did a little more testing. It seems to remember the last used application for .jpg .avi, but in an inconsistent way. If try to open a .jpg, it opens with movie player. If I change it to open with image viewer, it opens OK, but if I close that window, then select another .jpg, it opens with movie player. If I try to open a .avi, it fails to open (with an error message), but has image viewer set as the default. Regards, Garry. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/667071/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
On 11-10-30 04:28 PM, Garry Leach wrote: Hi, I just did a little more testing. It seems to remember the last used application for .jpg .avi, but in an inconsistent way. If try to open a .jpg, it opens with movie player. If I change it to open with image viewer, it opens OK, but if I close that window, then select another .jpg, it opens with movie player. If I try to open a .avi, it fails to open (with an error message), but has image viewer set as the default. Regards, Garry. Right click on the file, click on open with other application and choose the application you want to use. Check mark Remember this application. and all applications of that type will open with that application. Jack -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/667071/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
@RGreen gracious I hope you thought to write 11.4, NOT the obsolete (and now completely uninteresting) 10.4 - - ? I installed 11.4 from scratch and it DOESn't show a check-box to Remember this... for folders. This is a serious bug. regards gerti -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
I don`t have the problem any more , i rebooted 10.04 it has everything i need it works GREAT. Hope you all get it solved. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
@Phillip Susi excuse me, have you by any chance been many-years employee at Microsoft ? This answer is so snotty and shitty, that I have to assume. Nahh, maybe IBM-employee ? OF COURSE its not a fix : Taking away user rights to manipulate his own machine/OS/interface is NOT, I repeat NOT, a solution; only a cop-out for a very, seriously lazy developer. regards gerti On 5/11/2011 9:11 AM, gerti wrote: BTW : in my newly installed 11.4 there is no possibility to check/uncheck for Remember this So, in my opinion, this is still an open bug. That IS the fix. You can no longer accidentally screw it up by checking the remember this box. -- You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber of a duplicate bug (772460). https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application Status in Nautilus: Expired Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Right clicking on a folder and choosing open with, then selecting another application has the remember this application box checked by default. If you proceed, that application will be remembered and used to open folders in the future, which can cause confusion. Changing the default handler for folders either should not be allowed at all, or at the very least, the option should not be enabled by default. To fix it, do the following: * Open the Computer from the Places menu * open a partition, which does have some folders in it * right click on any folder * select Open with Other application from the context menu * select the File browser as the app to open with * make sure the remember this application for 'folder' files is checked * click OK To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/667071/+subscribe -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
On 5/11/2011 9:11 AM, gerti wrote: BTW : in my newly installed 11.4 there is no possibility to check/uncheck for Remember this So, in my opinion, this is still an open bug. That IS the fix. You can no longer accidentally screw it up by checking the remember this box. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
@hornblende : thanks, that will probably fix the bug. probably as I in the meantime have done a completely new installation. Where do one find the info, you gave here ? BTW : in my newly installed 11.4 there is no possibility to check/uncheck for Remember this So, in my opinion, this is still an open bug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
@gerti:try to edit the mime types : gedit ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list and change vlc or totem or whatever program opens instead of nautilus by nautilus : [Added Associations] inode/directory=nautilus-folder-handler.desktop;mirage.desktop; -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
This bug has NOT been fixed AND the work-around at the top of this thread does NOT work - at least not in 11.4 : it's not possible to check remember this..., because that check-box is not there in the pop-up Open with. BTW : I never changed what program should open at folder; it simply appeared after one of the updates under 10.10 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
** Changed in: nautilus Status: New = Expired -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
since this bug has been sent to GNOME I am marking it as triaged. ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Opinion = Triaged -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
Glad to see that POSSIBLY thru the effort of Phillip Susi that this may be sru'd for maverick and lucid (though it doesn't affect all on lucid for some reason) and finally be put to bed. There are actually 2 bugs in play - First that the default folder handler can be changed in nautilus to something other than nautilus thru the 'remember this.. option. ( can't see any reason why at this late date will ever be changed. Second that because of the above that the remember option is default enabled. The second 'bug' was addressed in natty, hopefully now for maverick/lucid. The bugfix (2nd) does not prevent this from happening, only makes it less likely to. The first bug would need to be fixed to make it not possible to happen, but the behavior of the 'remember' option is tied to both files and folders, has some value for files, and again can't see it being seperated and fixed for folders only. unfortunately this orig. bug on maverick during dev had less than stellar handling, (myself included), otherwise this already could have been dealt with (as far as 10.10 bug #603833 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
** Changed in: nautilus Status: Unknown = New ** Changed in: nautilus Importance: Unknown = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
Re-opening, this is a quite severe bug. When this happened to me the first time, I was like what the hell ? Today, my mom filed a new bug on totem when it was actually a duplicate of this bug. You want Ubuntu to be usable by your moms right ? I suffered from this bug no later than last Sunday, once again, I was taken by surprise, the only difference being that I knew how to fix things this time. I booted on several virtual machines to see how other systems behaved regarding this issue. On MacOS X Snow Leopard, you can't do such a thing, actually you don't have the option to open a folder with another program, which is somehow disappointing because I like to open a folder with baobab or picard, but I'd rather have to drag and drop a folder than having my desktop completely broken. It is to be noted that the Always Open With option is unchecked by default. On Microsoft Windows 7, it is not possible to change the way a folder is opened, you don't have the Open with some program [Change...] option you chan have on regular files. Once a again, this is a limitation, but it's not possible to break the way you open a folder. On KDE, it's possible to break things, and change program associations on folders, but it's less likely to happen by accident since the remember option is unchecked by default. I hope that everyone acknowledge this is a valid bug now, and a quite severe one. I propose the following fixes. - Leave the remember option unchecked by default, it's what everyone else does - Leave the option to open a folder with another program but make it independent from nautilus / gnome-panel. Open always open with nautilus, even if you have many other software in the open with menu - So, what if you don't like nautilus and want to changed your file browser ? The default file browser should go in Preferred Applications, most likely in the System tab along with the default Terminal Emulator -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
Ok, will someone from the bugsquad reopen this for me please ? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
And by BugSquad, I actually meant Bug Control Team ;) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
What seems to be the upstream bug : https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637264 ** Bug watch added: GNOME Bug Tracker #637264 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637264 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
Good point; it is insane to allow changing the default handler for directories and doubly so to have it on by default. ** Package changed: ubuntu = nautilus (Ubuntu) ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Importance: Low = Medium ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Won't Fix = Triaged ** Description changed: Right clicking on a folder and choosing open with, then selecting another application has the remember this application box checked by default. If you proceed, that application will be remembered and used to open folders in the future, which can cause confusion. + + Changing the default handler for folders either should not be allowed at + all, or at the very least, the option should not be enabled by default. To fix it, do the following: * Open the Computer from the Places menu * open a partition, which does have some folders in it * right click on any folder * select Open with Other application from the context menu * select the File browser as the app to open with * make sure the remember this application for 'folder' files is checked * click OK ** Also affects: nautilus via https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=637264 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: nautilus (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Opinion -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
It looks like this has been fixed already in Ubuntu. See bug #662194. I will leave this report open for now to continue to serve as a metabug. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
Robert, Thanks for identifying that my bug 713319 is a duplicate of this one; also for providing the workaround in #10. If so many of us managed to get ourselves into this situation through ineptness, then it would seem that the Open with application should not have the Remember this application for folder files check box pre-checked. One might ask, why does the problem apply only to /home files not to computer. By the way, if I right click on a /home folder, the option open with document viewer (which was my incorrect default) is listed before the option open with other application. Regards, Garry. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 667071] Re: Folders opened by wrong application
apt-get autoremove libcddb2 libdvbpsi6 libebml2 libiso9660-7 libmatroska2 libtar libupnp3 libva-x11-1 libvcdinfo0 libvlc5 libvlccore4 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 totem totem-mozilla totem-plugins vlc vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse # after apt-get install libcddb2 libdvbpsi6 libebml2 libiso9660-7 libmatroska2 libtar libupnp3 libva-x11-1 libvcdinfo0 libvlc5 libvlccore4 libxcb-keysyms1 libxcb-randr0 totem totem-mozilla totem-plugins vlc vlc-data vlc-nox vlc-plugin-notify vlc-plugin-pulse It fix me. I hope is helping for you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/667071 Title: Folders opened by wrong application -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
