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Bug 772433 - Cannot change ZIP file default to File Roller
Cannot change ZIP file default to File Roller
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 771424
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: File and Folder Operations
3.21.x
Other Linux
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-10-05 01:17 UTC by Jonathan Briggs
Modified: 2017-09-04 10:21 UTC
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Description Jonathan Briggs 2016-10-05 01:17:07 UTC 
I have become used to the old behavior of ZIP file archives which is to open them in File Roller. Some ZIP archives are very large and I really do not want to unpack them to a folder to extract one item.

So, I want to be able to change the default behavior back to opening File Roller on ZIP files. However, the Properties page shows that is already the setting. Changing it doesn't do anything and Nautilus keeps unpacking the ZIP files.
Comment 1 Carlos Soriano 2016-10-05 08:03:45 UTC 
I cannot reproduce, I have no idea what can it be, the code it's pretty simple. What OS are you using? Can you check with dconf if the nautilus key is in the state the preference dialog says to be?
Comment 2 Jonathan Briggs 2016-10-05 16:29:12 UTC 
Oh, Preferences? Extract files on open?

Yes that works, actually.

However, now I think this is a discoverability problem. I expected controlling how things open would be where it always has been, in Properties: Open With.
Comment 3 Carlos Soriano 2016-10-05 16:31:16 UTC 
Indeed, we want to do it that way for next version probably.
Comment 4 António Fernandes 2017-09-04 10:21:19 UTC 
It's fixed now! You will be able to choose how to handle archives from the "Open With" list, as expected. Nautilus 3.26 will be released soon with this fix.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 771424 ***