Mate panel opens application instead of caja

I run Mate 1.4.2

When I click 'Home Folder' from 'Places' menu on top it launches easytag application instead of caja. I.e. completely unrelated application.
I have no idea how it happened and have no clue where to look to fix it.

When I browse folders within caja it works fine.

Please, suggest where to look first.

Max Tsepkov

Posted 2013-03-19T06:32:20.933

Reputation: 141

Deleted my answer, since it did not address your problem. What happens when you double click a folder icon in the desktop? It opens correctly with caja? Is caja set as the default file manager? What happens if you just run caja from a terminal? – terdon – 2013-03-21T14:04:27.313

It opens fine when I double click on a desktop folder. caja also runs from terminal as expected. How do I check that caja is default manager? I think that is the area we're looking for. – Max Tsepkov – 2013-03-21T18:07:33.637

Answers

Oh, I found the problem.

Go to System -> Preferred Applications. On System tab the File Manager was set to EasyTag.

Have no idea how this come, but when I changed it back to "Open Folder" it obviously worked.

I guess it is a problem with Easytag debian package. It adds itself as a file manager for some reason. And because Easytag is alphabetically upper than "Open Folder" (caja) it was selected by default.

I am on Debian Wheezy.
If someone can confirm this behaviour after installing EasyTag I could file a bug for it.

Max Tsepkov

Posted 2013-03-19T06:32:20.933

Reputation: 141

If this answered your question and solved the error, please mark it as excepted. Thank you. – DJCrashdummy – 2016-12-09T00:25:59.057

1Thank you, been driving me batty opening VLC for a year whenever I clicked on Places or the Trash can. On a recent Mate with advanced menu I found it under the menu >> Preferences (aka Control Panel) >> Preferred Applications. – Gringo Suave – 2018-06-26T02:37:21.140