I run Kubuntu 22.04 LTS and have a strange issue. Dolphin is working fine as my file manager and set as default, but when I try to launch it via another application (e.g. "browse local files" in steam or "view destination folder" in qBittorrent) it won't launch.

It seems there's some problem with the system for launching the OS default file manager. When I attempt this, a blank icon appears in the taskbar (labelled WSLView) with a spinning circle, then disappears after a second or two.

Any ideas?

EDIT: I found the location of the application which was erroneously being launched and deleted it. i.e. I deleted wslview.desktop from usr/share/applications. that seems to have solved my problem.

  • LiberalSocialist [any,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Can’t help cuz I’m a noob myself but Linux truly has so many little issues when you try to use it.

    It is my main os, obviously, but it really does require some compromises and hardships lol.

    • DialecticalShaman [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      Yeah I've been using Ubuntu for years and recently switched my gui to kde plasma. Sometimes things go wrong but I love we're actually able to fix them instead of just "reinstall lol" which ends up being the answer on windows usually.