[Bug 260492] Re: opening a directory using an application change associations incorrectly

[Edward Donovan]

An update for the record:

People were still reporting this into 2011, though this was marked
fixed.   (Except for a wish for upgrades to clean up cruft under ~/)

It was happening to me too, and has now been fixed again: see bug
797000.  Permanently, I hope -- it seems we've replayed this problem.
'nautilus-folder-handler.desktop' is installed under /usr, and, with a
clean config under .local, you can open folders with other apps, like
media players.   But the Trash, and places that should be opened with
Nautilus, get Nautilus, and not those other apps, anymore.  So I think
the later comments were valid, and have finally been addressed.

Like I said, hope it stays that way!  :)

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Title:
  opening a directory using an application change associations
  incorrectly

Status in Deleted:
  Invalid
Status in Nautilus:
  Fix Released
Status in “gnome-panel” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “update-manager” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “gnome-panel” source package in Intrepid:
  Fix Released
Status in “nautilus” source package in Intrepid:
  Fix Released
Status in “update-manager” source package in Intrepid:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  TESTCASE:
  * using hardy and upgrading to intrepid
  - right click on a directory in nautilus
  - select the open with menu entry
  - select an application in the list, eog for example

  try opening a directory in the places menu, nautilus is used, upgrade
  to intrepid, eog is being used now

  * using intrepid and upgrading to the fixed version
  - right click on a directory in nautilus
  - select the properties menu entry
  - go to the open with tab and set an application to be the default there, eog for example

  try opening a directory in the places menu eog is being used now

  * upgrading to the candidate version should make nautilus be used
  again in both scenarios (you need to restart your session to get the
  new version running)

  ---------------------------------------------------

  After using 'upgrade-manager -d" to Intrepid, something during the
  upgrade prosses unintentionally hijacked our configurations to launch
  various programs in-place of nautilus for opening folders from the
  places menu.

  I do not believe that the package 'gnome-panel' is necessarily at
  fault, but don't have a clue where the root cause is as I don't
  understand how the places menu works, however Tuomas Aavikko's
  workaround gave me success in fixing the issue:

  Right click on a folder in nautilus ->Open with app-> File Manager

  Now I can open my home folder from the places menu again. So it seems
  that there is a file extension for folders that is being hijacked by
  the installation / upgrade of other packages such as VLC, gthumb,
  totem, amarok, kaffeine, Konqueror, Archiver Manager. (compiled from
  comments and duplicate of this bug.)

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