[Bug 185165] Re: Ubuntu does not open MS Windows internet shortcuts with 'url' extension

[Dmitri]

If someone is still interested in opening .url files, I created a simple debian package that handle this.
It opens URL in the default browser using xdg-open.

https://gitlab.com/dm0/mswinurl-handler

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Title:
  Ubuntu does not open MS Windows internet shortcuts with 'url'
  extension

Status in Ayatana Design:
  Fix Committed
Status in Gnome Mime-Data:
  Fix Released
Status in One Hundred Papercuts:
  Invalid
Status in gnome-mime-data package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in mime-support package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged
Status in shared-mime-info package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  Ubuntu will not open standard internet shortcuts created in Microsoft
  Windows.  This makes interoperability very poor, and will prevent many
  people from migrating to Ubuntu.

  Copy any 'filename.url' from a Microsoft Windows machine, or create a
  file with the following contents:

  [DEFAULT]
  BASEURL=http://www.ubuntu.com
  [InternetShortcut]
  URL=http://www.ubuntu.com

  and name it 'ubuntu.url'.

  Double click in Nautilus to launch.  Nothing happens.  It should
  launch in the same manner as a 'desktop' internet shortcut.

  Note: a workaround has been developed -
  http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3281092.  This should be
  provided by default Ubuntu installation.

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