Tip: how to prune your Open With list
ToddAndMargo
ToddAndMargo at zoho.com
Sat May 30 00:59:48 CEST 2020
Hi All,
Fedora 32, x64
Xfce 4.14
Thunar-1.8.14-1.fc32.x86_64
krusader-2.7.2-2.fc32.x86_64
After using your computer for a while, you will notice
that your "Open With" dialogue starts to fill up
with duplicates and others stray entries you don't
want. I have attached a screen shot (from Krusader)
showing the issue:
https://ibb.co/vcGnkPP
Thunar does not have the ability (or at least one I could
find) to handle this. But Krusader does:
--> Krusader
--> right click on the file
--> select Properties
--> "File Options" (tab)
--> File Type Options (button half way down)
File Type Options gives you the ability to Add, Edit,
Remove entries from your Open With list. And it does
migrate to Thunar.
I have attached another screen shot of File Type Options
for *.png
https://ibb.co/b1tJNkB
What a mess! I have to clean up .png something big time!
I have opened a Request for Enhancement (RFE) to
Thunar over at
RFE: give ability to delete Open With entries
https://gitlab.xfce.org/xfce/thunar/-/issues/309
Took me years to figure this out. Ed over on the
Fedora mailing list told me how.
Happy cleaning!
-T
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