[SOLVED] MIME types screwed

[Gripp]

yes, plural. if i try to open a zip or other compressed file type, it says that there is no application associated with it. if i try to open a PDF, one that i have opened before, it tells me the same. even more than that, if i try to open any PDF file using Document Viewer it tells me that it cant read it. even the ones that i have opened before. .odt for open office - screwed.

this happened very randomly. I just booted up and...
the only thing that i have done with computer lately is install emacs just to try and learn. cant think of anything that may have been the cuase (other than updates of coarse)
please help

[forger]

open up a gnome terminal window and execute:

rm -rf $HOME/.local/share/mime/
sudo update-mime-database /usr/share/mime/
gtk-update-icon-cache /usr/share/icons/Human/

It's going to revert to the default mime types, as well as their icons. A log out & log in would be good I think. You might have to re-link some custom file types (not sure).

[Gripp]

i think i posted too soon... i was running update in an attempt to fix while typing the last post and after the post i opened "kcmshell filetypes" to see if i couldn't fix things manually.. and it appears to have fixed it instantly. not sure which of the two solved it... but nonetheless it is solved.

soo, thanks to me! eh

edit: and thanks to you too there forger. just for being on top of things

[forger]

ok