Timeshift: Browse button opens text editor

[tahaun]

Don't know if this is a feature or bug. When clicking the Browse button, instead of opening File Manager, Visual Studio Code is used to browse files. How do I make Timeshift open file manager when clicking Browse button?

OS: elementaryOS
Timeshift v18.2

[teejee2008]

Your system's file associations are incorrect. Set your file manager as the default handler for inode/directory mimetype.

[MoralCode]

it still opens in VSCode for me even after i set my types correctly. I've tried setting this both in settings and by right clicking a folder ad going through the "open with..." dialog

[zurchpet]

it still opens in VSCode for me even after i set my types correctly. I've tried setting this both in settings and by right clicking a folder ad going through the "open with..." dialog

$ xdg-mime query default inode/directory
org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop

Still opens Visual Studio Code here too.

[ShramanJain]

I still have this issue!

[BorisB]

I still have this issue!

[marcsitkin]

It's been a while, but I had a similar problem with browse opening a music
tag editor. Turned out to be a problem in the mime -I-node configuration,
not timeshift. Don't remember the fix, editing a config file somewhere
fixed it. Sorry I can't be more helpful, but maybe this will get you
looking in the right direction.

On Sat, Jan 23, 2021 at 5:06 AM BorisB [e-mail] wrote:

I still have this issue!

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[robbie888]

I have this problem also, using cinnamon on fedora. Choosing the 'browse' option opens up VSCode.
All the settings (i know about) seem correct, other applications open nemo as expected.

$ xdg-mime query default inode/directory
nemo.desktop

[robbie888]

Found a solution, the reason this occurs is that timeshift is being run as root. Root doesn't have the necessary mime association configured because root is typically not a gui user.

To fix I created a file: /root/.local/share/applications/defaults.list
Containing the following two lines:
inode/directory=nemo.desktop
x-directory/normal=nemo.desktop

You may need to adjust the file to suit your desktop environment, just run $ xdg-mime query default inode/directory as your normal user account to get the value your desktop environment uses. In my case it was nemo.desktop.

After making the above file, the browse option worked as expected.

[BorisB]

@teejee2008 Thanks! Finally it works!
I have dolphin instead of nemo.
Unfortunately after opening once dolphin using Browse button, it will always start from root user, I had to relogin to fix it.
Now I use Krusader as file manager and it works well.