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xdg-open file.cbz opens nautilus?

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I'm using Calibre and it seems that it uses xdg-open to open files. This, even when tried in terminal, only opens nautilus and the file is selected, but not opened. It doesn't matter if I try to open .cbz or .pdf.

This seems fine: /usr/share/applications/defaults.list

application/x-cbr=evince.desktop

application/x-cbz=evince.desktop

Sure when I open the file in Nautilus it opens, but this approach is quite annoying.

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answered 3 Years ago suitman · Accepted Answer

I found a solution to the same problem in an answer for another askubuntu question: https://askubuntu.com/a/39602/1943

Basically you have to set Thunar as default file manager for xfce:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10884462&postcount=16

Once you do that, xdg-open and gnome-open will avoid using exo-helper to open nautilus. Somehow gnome and xfce get interwoven.

EDIT: the downside is that now Thunar opens instead of nautilus when opening folders.
But I find it less frustrating, on the other hand I could uninstall xfce4 if I really don't want it