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After I installed Cinnamon, Nemo automatically installed itself, and now Nemo is default file browser. How can I revert to Nautilus.

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  • Similar or the same question - these questions probably need to be merged when we get an accepted solution: http://askubuntu.com/questions/235660/how-do-i-change-the-default-file-manager-back-to-nautilus/244181#244181 – fossfreedom Mar 04 '13 at 21:57

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There are numerous ways to accomplish this.

  1. Try running exo-preferred-applications from the terminal(Ctrl+Alt+t ). You should see an option to change your file manager on the 2nd tab named "Utilities".

  2. Using xdg-mime, You could also run the following command to determine your current default file manager:

    • xdg-mime query default inode/directory

    • This should return nemo.desktop as a result.

    • In order to change this, run:

    • xdg-mime default nautilus.desktop inode/directory application

  3. You can edit the file ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list
    • look for the line containing inode/directory=nemo.desktop;
    • change it to read inode/directory=nautilus.desktop;
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  • when I run xdg-mime query default inode/directory i get nautilus.desktop as result. But when I double click on folder it's opened in Nemo. – Alen Mar 05 '13 at 10:37
  • I tried exo-preferred-applications before, but no effect, also I tried your third solution, again, no effect – Alen Mar 05 '13 at 10:41
  • @Alen here is a link that mentions a few options for you. Hope it helps. – Kevin Bowen Mar 06 '13 at 09:44
  • I tried them all and still not working. When i right click on folder I have Nautilus as secondary option, is there a way to set it as primary. And for the record, I just removed Nemo and it's still appearing :O – Alen Mar 06 '13 at 14:22