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File icon changed

#1 Post by usteveu »

Something changed the icon of rar files. It used to be an image of a box now rar files are displaying a thumbnail of the archive. I'd like to revert back to the original. I can change an individual file back to the original icon thru the properties dialog but not system wide. (usr/share/icons/mate/48x48)

properties shows this: RAR archive (application/vnd.rar)

file command shows this:

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$ file --mime foo.rar
foo.rar: application/x-rar; charset=binary
mime types file:

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$ grep 'rar' /etc/mime.types
application/rar					rar
I guess my question is how to get the original default icon back system wide?
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Re: File icon changed

#2 Post by canci »

There's an option in Caja, your file manager, to turn off previewing archive files or maybe just previews in general. Should be:

Edit - Preferences - Preview
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#3 Post by usteveu »

That works but also disables image thumbnails.

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Re: File icon changed

#4 Post by roseway »

Doesn't Mate have a configuration option for file associations? It may describe them as "Preferred Applications".
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#5 Post by usteveu »

Yes. There is Preferred applications in the settings menu. Engrampa is the archive manager. There's no setting for icon.

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#6 Post by canci »

Maybe you could try looking in dconf-editor whether Caja may have some secret flags for disabling this that are not present in the settings?

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#7 Post by usteveu »

Don't see anything there.

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#8 Post by usteveu »

For further clarification if it helps. This is only affecting "rar" files. All other file icons are normal (zip, pdf, jpg, png, etc). It seems that something corrupted or changed the icon behavior for rar. rar used the same icon as zip. The "select custom icon" dialog allows me to change a single file icon but it doesn't apply globally. Also it takes about 10 to 15 seconds for the properties dialog to open. Other files properties opens instantly.

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