On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:02:59PM -0400, Steven Feinstein wrote: > Kent West wrote: > > > Steven Feinstein wrote: > > > >>I'm trying to set the file associations in Konqueror. It seems that if I > >>select an app from the main KDE menus, the association stays. If I select > >>an app from the Debian menu, I lose the association. > >> > >>Is there something in the KDE menus that the file association needs to > >>work? > >>Does the app have to be a KDE app? Is there something else I can try? > >> > What I want to do from within Konqueror is to be able to click on a file and > have it open in an application of my choosing. For example, most videos on > my machine open in kaboodle. I would prefer they open in MPlayer. Graphic > files open in kview (I think) I reprefer XnView. And, PDFs open in KPDF or > KGhostView (I forget which) I prefer xPDF. Right now the only way to do > this is click on Open With... and select the app. I don't want to have to > do this every time. So, I would like to change the application that > Konqueror assoicates with a file. > > Steve
When you add the file association, try entering the full path. For example, for Mplayer enter "/usr/bin/gmplayer". -- Jerome
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