Re: Gnome open can not recognize a file by its name
On Feb 19, 6:20 pm, Daryl Styrk <darylst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> mond wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > Recently, my gnome failed to recognize any file by its name extension.
> > For example, I have a .odt file but gnome fails to open it with
> > openoffice writer. So every time I want to open .odt file I have to
> > use "open with other application" option. It is annoying. Gnome also
> > fails to display the correct icon for a certain file.
>
> > I think it is due to a recent careless dist-upgrade. This issue maybe
> > caused be some components of gnome or nautlis removed.
>
> > Any idea how to fix this problem?
>
> > Thank you in advance.
>
> > Mond Zhu
>
> Right click a .odt select properties, choose open with.. If there is no
> default option listed there choose add and select which you prefer.
>
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Thanks Daryl,
I did that.I tried what you said. It did not work. I selected
openoffice writer as preferred program. But gnome gave error message
Couldn't display "......test.odt". Now it seems that gnome fails to
recognize odt,xls,html etc files. But right click open with still
works.
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