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noizer

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From: Italy

Registered: 2011-09-22

Posts: 1

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Change Thunar file manager

Hi all,
I want to try PCManFM as file manager. I've installed it, changed Setting->Settings Manager->Preferred Application file manager from Thunar to PCManFM, restarted, but when I open a folder the file manager used is again Thunar. How can I set PCManFM instead?

Using:
XFCE v. 4.8
on Debian testing

Last edited by noizer (2011-09-22 12:20:06)

mathiraj

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Registered: 2012-01-13

Posts: 3

Re: Change Thunar file manager

i made some changes in the following file /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml to make xfce use pcmanfm instead of thunar. it works for me and don't know if will work for you. try at your own risk and backup the file before modifying.

my xfce4-session.xml file looks like this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<channel name="xfce4-session" version="1.0">
  <property name="general" type="empty">
    <property name="FailsafeSessionName" type="string" value="Failsafe"/>
  </property>
  <property name="sessions" type="empty">
    <property name="Failsafe" type="empty">
      <property name="IsFailsafe" type="bool" value="true"/>
      <property name="Count" type="int" value="5"/>
      <property name="Client0_Command" type="array">
        <value type="string" value="xfwm4"/>
      </property>
      <property name="Client0_PerScreen" type="bool" value="false"/>
      <property name="Client1_Command" type="array">
        <value type="string" value="xfce4-panel"/>
      </property>
      <property name="Client1_PerScreen" type="bool" value="false"/>
      <property name="Client2_Command" type="array">
        <value type="string" value="pcmanfm"/>
        <value type="string" value="--desktop"/>
      </property>
      <property name="Client2_PerScreen" type="bool" value="false"/>
<!--      <property name="Client3_Command" type="array">
        <value type="string" value="xfdesktop"/>
      </property>
      <property name="Client3_PerScreen" type="bool" value="false"/>
      <property name="Client4_Command" type="array">
        <value type="string" value="xfce4-settings-helper"/>
      </property>
      <property name="Client4_PerScreen" type="bool" value="false"/>
-->    </property>
  </property>
  <property name="splash" type="empty">
    <property name="Engine" type="string" value=""/>
  </property>
</channel>