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Ever since installing Windows notepad, my Linux box wants to use Windows Notepad to edit all text files. How do I remove this bit of Windows nastiness from my Linux machine, short of uninstalling? (This is really pretty trivial, but because of how it manifest itself, it is REALLY annoying.)

Is there an of option to prevent applications installed via Crossover from fiddling with the host OS settings?

Thanks!

I don't know what distro you are using I use OpenSuse if I pick a text doc and open property’s and then open (edit file types) I have the choice to move up or down the editor I wish to be the first choice to open my doc. It looks like not pad took over the top spot.

I do the same on Arch and XFCE.

There's also a way to edit associations for each bottle in the control panel tab of the bottle manager..

I'm running Linux Mint 11... No worky here. Button to use my preferred app, gedit, in Natalus has been overridden and/or ignored.

It should work, but it doesn't... either way, IMHO Windows apps should not be allowed to muck up the Linux desktop. We've gone from simply running Windows programs to having a "Windows Experience".

Well, if even the bottle manager doesn't allow you to change/remove associations you might have a problem worth opening a support ticket for.

Mind you, most Linux desktops maintain a list of associations in "mime" files. You will find those files in ~/.local/share/applications and /usr/share/applications. The files might have different names such as "defaults.list", "mimeapps.list" and "mimeinfo.cache". Those are plain text files and the format is rather simple. You could edit those to clean things up if all else fails.

Lastly, you have a problem which I never experienced, and that is unfortunate. This does lead me to say that something might have went wrong in the installation of Crossover, or some other process has currupted your configuration files. Software sometimes screws up, even under Linux. So I do not share your opinion that Crossover is having us undergo a "Windows Experience". I'm not placing blame on you, I'm just saying that the best of coding sometimes gets really screwy. In other words, I understand your short rant about "the linux desktop", but I just don't agree with it, as it does not reflect my many years of using Wine/Crossover.