i'm marking this as confirmed thks to Stefan. I'm not pretty sure if the problem lies in there, but you can try reinstalling desktop-file-utils from hardy, the package can be grabbed from this url:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy-updates/i386/desktop-file- utils/download After that try sudo update-desktop-database sudo update-mime-database and restart your session. and let us know if that worked thks -- file:// not registered with nautilus https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/272806 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs