On 2011-12-19 17:42, Vladimir Nikšić wrote: > I would like it so that Nautilus starts when I click on a directory or > some sort of volume (loop mount, usb stick, whatever, nfs share) on the > desktop. Instead, thunar always starts, which kinda defeats the whole > purpose of the preferred application setup? > > Am I asking something that's technically difficult or maybe there's a > good reason why this can't be done? I think this is handled by the same XDG 'mimeapps.list' which contains file type associations. Just add an entry for "inode/directory" pointing to Nautilus: ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list [Default Applications] inode/directory=nautilus.desktop -- Mantas M.