GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 612815
Not possible to change which browser that opens a .desktop file with a web location (URL)
Last modified: 2018-05-09 19:00:38 UTC
I have set Iceweasel as the default browser in Preferred Applications. I have also set Iceweasel as the default browser using the following commands: update-alternatives --config x-www-browser update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/http/command --type string 'iceweasel -new-tab "%s"' && gconftool-2 --set /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/https/command --type string 'iceweasel -new-tab "%s"' I can not find any option for "Open with..." Right clicking the .desktop file only shows "Open" Iceweasel opens all other links I have tried so far, from the terminal, Icedove, gnome-open etc. I created the .desktop file by right clicking the desktop and choosing "Create launcher". I set Type to Location, type in the name test and the Location http://www.debian.org/ and click OK. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
This no longer applicable. Closing as obsolete.