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<p>added page</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Problem:&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> You would like to open a file of a specific mimetype with a specific application and the &#039;&#039;Select Application&#039;&#039; dialog box (&#039;&#039;Open with&#039;&#039; &gt; &#039;&#039;Other application...&#039;&#039;) does not show the desired application. Since Gnome 3 it is not possible anymore to manually enter a startup command.<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Solution:&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> <br /> Check that a correct &#039;&#039;.desktop&#039;&#039; file for the application exists. This means the line &#039;&#039;Exec=...&#039;&#039; has to include &#039;&#039;%f&#039;&#039;.<br /> If this is not the case, copy the file from &#039;&#039;/usr/share/applications&#039;&#039; to &#039;&#039;~/.local/share/applications&#039;&#039; and add &#039;&#039; %f&#039;&#039; to the end of the &#039;&#039;Exec=...&#039;&#039; line.</div>

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