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diEcho
Asked: 2017-04-21 02:23:55 +0800 CST

reset default application to open with a file ( .crt)

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using Ubuntu 14.04

I have 1 files .crt extension. when I click to open , it open with view file application which displays the certificate information and other details which is fine.

Now I have changed the deafult application from context menu option Open With Other Application and set it to gedit and now can see the file content.

Now I want to reset the default open with the app by View file but there is no such entry in the list of Other Applications.

the property of the file is X.509 Certificate (application/pkix-cert)

Trial 1:

check cat /usr/share/applications/defaults.list but there is no entry for this type ofapplication/extension here

Trial 2:

Tried with ubuntu-tweak tool but there is no option to select view file application for this type of application.

Please help.

14.04

4 Answers

  1. I am using Ubuntu 18.04. Right click the file → Select Property → Open With → Reset

    Reset

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  2. The default applicaiont is 'gcr-viewer'.

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  3. Best Answer

    Follow these steps

    sudo edit ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

    there is the entry

    [Added Associations]  
application/x-x509-ca-cert=gedit.desktop;  
application/pkcs7-signature=gedit.desktop;  
application/pkix-cert=gedit.desktop;  
application/x-pem-key=gedit.desktop;

    remove above entry and also remove from [Default Associations] section and update the file.

    nautilus -q can be executed after this if it doesn't affect quickly.

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  4. I am using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and for me the location of [Added Associations] was at

    ~/.config/mimeapps.list

    Before editing it is good practice to backup the original file and then edit. I used the commands as follows:

    cp ~/.config/mimeapps.list{,_old}
vim ~/.config/mimeapps.list

    Remove the certificate file related entries. For myself I had to remove

    [Added Associations]
application/x-pkcs12=org.gnome.gedit.desktop;
application/x-x509-ca-cert=kse.desktop;apturl.desktop;org.gnome.gedit.desktop;
application/pkix-cert=org.gnome.gedit.desktop;nautilus-autorun-software.desktop;

    Then you can delete the old file if you want.

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