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Freeze when clicking "Open Containing Folder"

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When clicking (or pressing via keyboard) "Open Containing Folder" on a Downloads item, Firefox hangs and must be killed externally. This issue occurs with or without safe mode.

When clicking (or pressing via keyboard) "Open Containing Folder" on a Downloads item, Firefox hangs and must be killed externally. This issue occurs with or without safe mode.

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Use the xdg-mime command to this. xdg should be desktop-environment agnostic (eg xdg-open will pass the arguments on to the correct file opener). To get the default file manager use:

  • xdg-mime query default inode/directory
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The suggested command yielded the following:

   Thunar-folder-handler.desktop