On Sun, 4 Aug 2019 13:25:37 -0600 (MDT) "Marvin Jones via trinity-users" <trinity-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This has to be file association "thing", but I'm not sure how > to get to the solution. > > Ubuntu 16.04 TDE 14.0.7 > > I just added dropbox (for my existing Dropbox account) to a > computer where it was not yet installed. > > Everything works "OK" ... > .... except: > > Clicking on the System Tray object brings up the Dropbox menu. > Then clicking on "Open Dropbox Folder" brings up Kid3 !!!! > (kid3: the mp3 sound tag editor) > > I'm pretty sure 'it' wants to launch a file manager, but I do not > know how to look behind the curtain of the System Tray object > and see what it is attempting to do. > > And, if I go into Trinity Control Center >> TDE Components >> > File Associations -- I see I might have a thousand or more file > types and associations. But, I do not know how Dropbox is issuing > the request -- e.g., I do not know what file type is involved. > > I must be overlooking something to debug this. What? > inode/directory probably But, i doubt DropBox honors TDE settings. Most probably it uses xdg-open. You'll have to play with xdg-mime to set correct default file manager -- Nick Koretsky (nick.koretsky@xxxxxxxxx) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting