[ubuntu-za] Xubuntu and Nautilus

[Bill Cairns]

Thanks Neil,

Unfortunately (as far as I can see) this does just the opposite of
what I want to do - it makes Thunar the default file manager under
Unity - I want to make Nautilus the default file manager under Xfce,
The instructions on the page don't seem (to me) to be reversible and
some of them are just not applicable (for instance I do not have a
~/.local/share/applications/defaults file).

Somehow Thunar is embedded in the Xfce desktop. I have nautilus as the
default file manager when I do exo-preferred-applications. But when I
click on the Hone or File System icons on the Xubuntu desktop, it is
Thunar that comes up. When I insert a stick, it is Thunar that comes
up.

Puzzled,
  Bill

On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Neil Oosthuizen <nlsthzn at gmail.com> wrote:
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DefaultFileManager
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Neil
>
> On 9 Dec 2012 10:01, "Bill Cairns" <cairnsww at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I run both Unity and Xfce (using Xubuntu) on this machine. I have to
>> use Xubuntu because Gimp still does not work well under Unity (it
>> crashes frequently, its toolbars get confused and refer to the wrong
>> window and so on).
>>
>> I have nothing against Thunar, but would like to stick to a single
>> file manager – beside which I enjoy Nautilus Scripts.
>>
>> Is there a way of making Nautilus my default file manager under
>> Xubuntu? For instance, so that when I insert a stick, Nautilus is
>> called up and not Thunar? (I already have Nautilus as a desktop icon
>> but would like to go a bit further).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>   Bill
>>
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