How do I change the default file manager back to Nautilus?

A while back, I set my default file manager to Nemo. I like it a lot, but it constantly crashes. I remember editing a text file to set it as default, but I forgot which file it was. How do I switch back to the Nautilus file manager?

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Official documentation for changing and restoring file manager: [Ubuntu documentation for Default File Manager ](help.ubuntu.com/community/DefaultFileManager)
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Official documentation for changing and restoring file manager: [Ubuntu documentation for Default File Manager ](help.ubuntu.com/community/DefaultFileManager)
– Sohail xIN3N
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Opposite of this question: askubuntu.com/questions/260244/…
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nautilus filemanager

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Official documentation for changing and restoring file manager: [Ubuntu documentation for Default File Manager ](help.ubuntu.com/community/DefaultFileManager)
– Sohail xIN3N
Feb 27 '14 at 10:28

2

Opposite of this question: askubuntu.com/questions/260244/…
– Wilf
Jun 22 '15 at 23:38

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Official documentation for changing and restoring file manager: [Ubuntu documentation for Default File Manager ](help.ubuntu.com/community/DefaultFileManager)
– Sohail xIN3N
Feb 27 '14 at 10:28

2

Opposite of this question: askubuntu.com/questions/260244/…
– Wilf
Jun 22 '15 at 23:38

Official documentation for changing and restoring file manager: [Ubuntu documentation for Default File Manager ](help.ubuntu.com/community/DefaultFileManager)
– Sohail xIN3N
Feb 27 '14 at 10:28

Opposite of this question: askubuntu.com/questions/260244/…
– Wilf
Jun 22 '15 at 23:38

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This did it for me, after I google for a while:

xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

I also typed:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

edited Oct 15 '16 at 8:32

Anwar

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answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:27

Damiao

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After that my Linux Mint failed to log in with X-session error g_key_file_free: assertion 'key_file != NULL' failed. To recover use Ctrl-Alt-F1 & sudo apt-get cinnamon and sudo reboot
– Zon
Jul 18 '18 at 4:26

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I spent AGES trying to find a method that would work. Eventually I found this advice, which is incredibly easy, and worked for me:

Install exo-utils (this package contains the Xfce settings plugin and the utility files for libexo-2-0). Open a terminal and type:

sudo apt install exo-utils

Then run:

exo-preferred-applications

then switch to Utilities tab and select File Manager you prefer.

edited yesterday

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answered Apr 7 '17 at 12:22

user282186

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It'll only work in Xubuntu or systems that have exo-utils installed
– Anwar
Apr 7 '17 at 12:26

1

Is there any reason not to install exo-utils? (I use Ubuntu 16.04 and this method of changing the File Manager back to Nautilus, from Nemo, was the only method that worked, out of several I tried.)
– user282186
Apr 8 '17 at 12:42

Worked well for krusader after I installed it
– loxaxs
May 15 '17 at 9:37

This is the only way I could make xdg-open open directories with nautilus in Debian, thanks.
– jojman
May 24 '17 at 5:40

xdg-open seems to ignore this on 16.04.
– Raphael
Nov 14 '17 at 8:55

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The file manager choice is handled by a file in ~/.local/share/applications. They are mimeapps.list and mimeinfo.cache, deleting both of those files will reset your file manager to the default, which is Nautilus.

edited Apr 23 '16 at 16:03

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I'm afraid that solution didn't work.
– nick
Jan 4 '13 at 14:12

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sudo mv /usr/bin/nemo /usr/bin/nemo.backup

Open any folder. You could use xdg-open /path/to/folder/ while in the command line, for example. Or you could use a X application that requests a file.

A dialog should appear to you requesting a default application to be your file manager. Type /usr/bin/nautilus there and confirm.

After that, as long as you don't rename nemo to its original name/location, nautilus will be your default file manager again.

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This did it for me, after I google for a while:

xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

I also typed:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

edited Oct 15 '16 at 8:32

Anwar

55.9k22145252

answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:27

Damiao

52659

After that my Linux Mint failed to log in with X-session error g_key_file_free: assertion 'key_file != NULL' failed. To recover use Ctrl-Alt-F1 & sudo apt-get cinnamon and sudo reboot
– Zon
Jul 18 '18 at 4:26

add a comment |

This did it for me, after I google for a while:

xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

I also typed:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

edited Oct 15 '16 at 8:32

Anwar

55.9k22145252

answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:27

Damiao

52659

After that my Linux Mint failed to log in with X-session error g_key_file_free: assertion 'key_file != NULL' failed. To recover use Ctrl-Alt-F1 & sudo apt-get cinnamon and sudo reboot
– Zon
Jul 18 '18 at 4:26

add a comment |

This did it for me, after I google for a while:

xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

I also typed:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

edited Oct 15 '16 at 8:32

Anwar

55.9k22145252

answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:27

Damiao

52659

This did it for me, after I google for a while:

xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search

I also typed:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true

edited Oct 15 '16 at 8:32

Anwar

55.9k22145252

answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:27

Damiao

52659

edited Oct 15 '16 at 8:32

Anwar

55.9k22145252

edited Oct 15 '16 at 8:32

Anwar

55.9k22145252

edited Oct 15 '16 at 8:32

Anwar

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answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:27

Damiao

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answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:27

Damiao

52659

answered Apr 29 '13 at 21:27

Damiao

52659

After that my Linux Mint failed to log in with X-session error g_key_file_free: assertion 'key_file != NULL' failed. To recover use Ctrl-Alt-F1 & sudo apt-get cinnamon and sudo reboot
– Zon
Jul 18 '18 at 4:26

add a comment |

After that my Linux Mint failed to log in with X-session error g_key_file_free: assertion 'key_file != NULL' failed. To recover use Ctrl-Alt-F1 & sudo apt-get cinnamon and sudo reboot
– Zon
Jul 18 '18 at 4:26

After that my Linux Mint failed to log in with X-session error g_key_file_free: assertion 'key_file != NULL' failed. To recover use Ctrl-Alt-F1 & sudo apt-get cinnamon and sudo reboot
– Zon
Jul 18 '18 at 4:26

add a comment |

I spent AGES trying to find a method that would work. Eventually I found this advice, which is incredibly easy, and worked for me:

Install exo-utils (this package contains the Xfce settings plugin and the utility files for libexo-2-0). Open a terminal and type:

sudo apt install exo-utils

Then run:

exo-preferred-applications

then switch to Utilities tab and select File Manager you prefer.

edited yesterday

Pablo Bianchi

2,3751528

answered Apr 7 '17 at 12:22

user282186

19629

It'll only work in Xubuntu or systems that have exo-utils installed
– Anwar
Apr 7 '17 at 12:26

1

Is there any reason not to install exo-utils? (I use Ubuntu 16.04 and this method of changing the File Manager back to Nautilus, from Nemo, was the only method that worked, out of several I tried.)
– user282186
Apr 8 '17 at 12:42

Worked well for krusader after I installed it
– loxaxs
May 15 '17 at 9:37

This is the only way I could make xdg-open open directories with nautilus in Debian, thanks.
– jojman
May 24 '17 at 5:40

xdg-open seems to ignore this on 16.04.
– Raphael
Nov 14 '17 at 8:55

|
show 2 more comments

I spent AGES trying to find a method that would work. Eventually I found this advice, which is incredibly easy, and worked for me:

Install exo-utils (this package contains the Xfce settings plugin and the utility files for libexo-2-0). Open a terminal and type:

sudo apt install exo-utils

Then run:

exo-preferred-applications

then switch to Utilities tab and select File Manager you prefer.

edited yesterday

Pablo Bianchi

2,3751528

answered Apr 7 '17 at 12:22

user282186

19629

It'll only work in Xubuntu or systems that have exo-utils installed
– Anwar
Apr 7 '17 at 12:26

1

Is there any reason not to install exo-utils? (I use Ubuntu 16.04 and this method of changing the File Manager back to Nautilus, from Nemo, was the only method that worked, out of several I tried.)
– user282186
Apr 8 '17 at 12:42

Worked well for krusader after I installed it
– loxaxs
May 15 '17 at 9:37

This is the only way I could make xdg-open open directories with nautilus in Debian, thanks.
– jojman
May 24 '17 at 5:40

xdg-open seems to ignore this on 16.04.
– Raphael
Nov 14 '17 at 8:55

|
show 2 more comments

I spent AGES trying to find a method that would work. Eventually I found this advice, which is incredibly easy, and worked for me:

Install exo-utils (this package contains the Xfce settings plugin and the utility files for libexo-2-0). Open a terminal and type:

sudo apt install exo-utils

Then run:

exo-preferred-applications

then switch to Utilities tab and select File Manager you prefer.

edited yesterday

Pablo Bianchi

2,3751528

answered Apr 7 '17 at 12:22

user282186

19629

I spent AGES trying to find a method that would work. Eventually I found this advice, which is incredibly easy, and worked for me:

Install exo-utils (this package contains the Xfce settings plugin and the utility files for libexo-2-0). Open a terminal and type:

sudo apt install exo-utils

Then run:

exo-preferred-applications

then switch to Utilities tab and select File Manager you prefer.

edited yesterday

Pablo Bianchi

2,3751528

answered Apr 7 '17 at 12:22

user282186

19629

edited yesterday

Pablo Bianchi

2,3751528

edited yesterday

Pablo Bianchi

2,3751528

edited yesterday

Pablo Bianchi

2,3751528

answered Apr 7 '17 at 12:22

user282186

19629

answered Apr 7 '17 at 12:22

user282186

19629

answered Apr 7 '17 at 12:22

user282186

19629

It'll only work in Xubuntu or systems that have exo-utils installed
– Anwar
Apr 7 '17 at 12:26

1

Is there any reason not to install exo-utils? (I use Ubuntu 16.04 and this method of changing the File Manager back to Nautilus, from Nemo, was the only method that worked, out of several I tried.)
– user282186
Apr 8 '17 at 12:42

Worked well for krusader after I installed it
– loxaxs
May 15 '17 at 9:37

This is the only way I could make xdg-open open directories with nautilus in Debian, thanks.
– jojman
May 24 '17 at 5:40

xdg-open seems to ignore this on 16.04.
– Raphael
Nov 14 '17 at 8:55

|
show 2 more comments

It'll only work in Xubuntu or systems that have exo-utils installed
– Anwar
Apr 7 '17 at 12:26

1

Is there any reason not to install exo-utils? (I use Ubuntu 16.04 and this method of changing the File Manager back to Nautilus, from Nemo, was the only method that worked, out of several I tried.)
– user282186
Apr 8 '17 at 12:42

Worked well for krusader after I installed it
– loxaxs
May 15 '17 at 9:37

This is the only way I could make xdg-open open directories with nautilus in Debian, thanks.
– jojman
May 24 '17 at 5:40

xdg-open seems to ignore this on 16.04.
– Raphael
Nov 14 '17 at 8:55

It'll only work in Xubuntu or systems that have exo-utils installed
– Anwar
Apr 7 '17 at 12:26

Is there any reason not to install exo-utils? (I use Ubuntu 16.04 and this method of changing the File Manager back to Nautilus, from Nemo, was the only method that worked, out of several I tried.)
– user282186
Apr 8 '17 at 12:42

Worked well for krusader after I installed it
– loxaxs
May 15 '17 at 9:37

This is the only way I could make xdg-open open directories with nautilus in Debian, thanks.
– jojman
May 24 '17 at 5:40

xdg-open seems to ignore this on 16.04.
– Raphael
Nov 14 '17 at 8:55

|
show 2 more comments

edited Apr 23 '16 at 16:03

Bus42

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answered Jan 3 '13 at 19:30

RolandiXor♦

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I'm afraid that solution didn't work.
– nick
Jan 4 '13 at 14:12

add a comment |

edited Apr 23 '16 at 16:03

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answered Jan 3 '13 at 19:30

RolandiXor♦

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I'm afraid that solution didn't work.
– nick
Jan 4 '13 at 14:12

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I'm afraid that solution didn't work.
– nick
Jan 4 '13 at 14:12

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1

I'm afraid that solution didn't work.
– nick
Jan 4 '13 at 14:12

I'm afraid that solution didn't work.
– nick
Jan 4 '13 at 14:12

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sudo mv /usr/bin/nemo /usr/bin/nemo.backup

Open any folder. You could use xdg-open /path/to/folder/ while in the command line, for example. Or you could use a X application that requests a file.

A dialog should appear to you requesting a default application to be your file manager. Type /usr/bin/nautilus there and confirm.

After that, as long as you don't rename nemo to its original name/location, nautilus will be your default file manager again.

answered Jun 24 '13 at 21:32

thiagowfx

56549

add a comment |

sudo mv /usr/bin/nemo /usr/bin/nemo.backup

Open any folder. You could use xdg-open /path/to/folder/ while in the command line, for example. Or you could use a X application that requests a file.

A dialog should appear to you requesting a default application to be your file manager. Type /usr/bin/nautilus there and confirm.

After that, as long as you don't rename nemo to its original name/location, nautilus will be your default file manager again.

answered Jun 24 '13 at 21:32

thiagowfx

56549

add a comment |

sudo mv /usr/bin/nemo /usr/bin/nemo.backup

Open any folder. You could use xdg-open /path/to/folder/ while in the command line, for example. Or you could use a X application that requests a file.

A dialog should appear to you requesting a default application to be your file manager. Type /usr/bin/nautilus there and confirm.

After that, as long as you don't rename nemo to its original name/location, nautilus will be your default file manager again.

answered Jun 24 '13 at 21:32

thiagowfx

56549

sudo mv /usr/bin/nemo /usr/bin/nemo.backup

Open any folder. You could use xdg-open /path/to/folder/ while in the command line, for example. Or you could use a X application that requests a file.

A dialog should appear to you requesting a default application to be your file manager. Type /usr/bin/nautilus there and confirm.

After that, as long as you don't rename nemo to its original name/location, nautilus will be your default file manager again.

answered Jun 24 '13 at 21:32

thiagowfx

56549

answered Jun 24 '13 at 21:32

thiagowfx

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