"Home folder" opens in media player instead of nautilus

[sbos]

Hello. I'm using Ubuntu 10.10 x64. Suddenly I found that if I click on "Home folder" in the "Places" (top menu) then this folder is being opened in deadbeaf instead of nautilus. I wonder why. How to fix that?

[Copper Bezel]

Open a Nautilus window, right click any folder, select "open with other application," select "use a custom command," type nautilus, and be sure to check "Remember this application."

[sbos]

Thank you, that works!

[Jesuswashomeless]

Same problem. I have tried this fix but don't see any option to remember. Please advise.

[Copper Bezel]

Yeah, that was a fidgety solution anyway. We can fix the problem more directly - open the file ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list, find the entry for inode/directory, and remove whatever application is listed before Nautilus in that line.

[Jesuswashomeless]

Not sure how to open that file. Sorry I am rally new thanks.

[meatytaco]

I believe you can open it with gedit or nano. Probably will have to "sudo gedit" or "sudo nano" to be able to overwrite the file. IMHO, gedit is much more user friendly hope this helps out

[Copper Bezel]

Ooh - no, you wouldn't want to use sudo with this. Just

gedit ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

[meatytaco]

You wouldn't -have- to use sudo or you -shouldn't- use sudo? If youre not supposed to, why not? Just curious, cause if I'm editing any kind of file I sudo before. Usually just in case it doesn't want me to write it

[Copper Bezel]

Yeah, don't throw sudo around all willy-nilly. It's only needed for system files, and if you use it to edit config files in your home directory, you can change their permissions so that the apps in question can't edit their own preferences anymore.

Also, if you're using a graphical app like gedit, launch it with gksu, rather than sudo, for similar reasons. Otherwise, it can have a similar effect on gedit's own settings.

Edit: At Krytarik's suggestion, I'm adding this link on further possible consequences of using sudo with graphical apps. I'd oversimplified a bit, and it's not always problematic, but it can sometimes bork your account entirely, so be sure to use gksu.