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Melechtna Antelecht Oct 1, 2019 @ 5:43am
Unable to browse localfiles - Arch Linux
I don't THINK I've missed any libraries that would be creating this issue, everything else works, and it looks like this was a problem within Linux back in 2016. When I click "Browse Local Files", instead of opening the folder like it used to, it simply does nothing. Did I do something wrong, or has a regression occurred?

Edit: NVM my dumbass forgot to install xdg-utils
Last edited by Melechtna Antelecht; Oct 1, 2019 @ 1:29pm

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Aoi Blue Oct 1, 2019 @ 9:14am 
What is you desktop environment (or Window Manager) and file manager?

Steam uses the freedesktop standard for calling your preferred file manager. If that setting is not set it won't work. Some older and/or minimalists desktops do not set this up automatically and you have to set it up yourself.

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Cat on Linux Oct 1, 2019 @ 9:35am 
be glad it does nothing :) when I click to browse local folder it opens audacious music player :)
as Aoi already said, it's something about freedesktop standard and linking your file manager as available file manager.
probably you changed file manager or something wiped its record.
Last edited by Cat on Linux; Oct 1, 2019 @ 9:37am
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Cat on Linux Oct 1, 2019 @ 11:12am 
Originally posted by Rogue:
I'm running Arch Linux with GNOME 3 and Browse Local Files is working as intended.
because you have gnome.
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Melechtna Antelecht Oct 1, 2019 @ 11:28am 
Originally posted by Aoi Blue:
What is you desktop environment (or Window Manager) and file manager?

Steam uses the freedesktop standard for calling your preferred file manager. If that setting is not set it won't work. Some older and/or minimalists desktops do not set this up automatically and you have to set it up yourself.

KDE
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Melechtna Antelecht Oct 1, 2019 @ 11:30am 
Originally posted by Cat on Linux:
be glad it does nothing :) when I click to browse local folder it opens audacious music player :)
as Aoi already said, it's something about freedesktop standard and linking your file manager as available file manager.
probably you changed file manager or something wiped its record.

It's Dolphin, it's worked in the past when I was running Manjaro, but I finally decided to install raw Arch. If it's an issue with action associations, that should at least tell me where to look.

Edit: Should, doesn't.
Last edited by Melechtna Antelecht; Oct 1, 2019 @ 11:32am
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