File Associations Are No Longer Working

[mechanism]

Previously, when surfing the web if I clicked on a link to a .pdf file then that file would automatically open in KPDF Viewer. Now, I'm prompted to save it and I then have to open Konqueror and browse out to the saved file to open it.

I looked in the file associations menu in Konqueror's settings and nothing seems to be wrong there. KPDF Viewer is at the top of the list.

The file associations for jpeg images and videos are also broken. How do I resolve this?

Thanks,
Mike

[Rog131]

Re: File Associations Are No Longer Working

I looked in the file associations menu in Konqueror's settings and nothing seems to be wrong there. KPDF Viewer is at the top of the list.

The file associations for jpeg images and videos are also broken. How do I resolve this?

It could be that file association file in the /home/USER/.kde/share/config/ is damaged. You could try to rename ~/.kde/share/config/profilerc. Log out, log in. There shoud be new clean profilerc file. Any help ?

Link:
> File Associations

[mechanism]

Re: File Associations Are No Longer Working

Thanks for responding.

I tried your suggestion but it did not help. I'm still being prompted to save the file same as before.

Is there something else I can try?

Mike

[Rog131]

Re: File Associations Are No Longer Working

Is this KDE 3.5 or KDE 4 ?

Hmm - are the "The file associations for jpeg images and videos" still broken ?

Is there differences between your profilerc file and kubuntu default profilerc file ?

Kubuntu default is in the /usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kde-profile/default/share/config/profilerc.

Comparing, in the konsole:

kompare ~/.kde/share/config/profilerc /usr/share/kubuntu-default-settings/kde-profile/default/share/config/profilerc

man kompare

kompare - a KDE GUI for viewing differences between files

Maybe reinstalling kubuntu-default-settings and manually copying the profilerc file in the ~/.kde/share/config/ helps (just quessing ). Default profilerc file is from the package: kubuntu-default-settings.

kubuntu-default-settings

Default settings and artwork for the Kubuntu desktop

This package contains the default settings used by Kubuntu. It also includes artwork and Kubuntu branding.

[tom_d]

Re: File Associations Are No Longer Working

Previously, when surfing the web if I clicked on a link to a .pdf file then that file would automatically open in KPDF Viewer. Now, I'm prompted to save it and I then have to open Konqueror and browse out to the saved file to open it.

I looked in the file associations menu in Konqueror's settings and nothing seems to be wrong there. KPDF Viewer is at the top of the list.

The file associations for jpeg images and videos are also broken

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