Opening browser-bookmars (.desktop-file) does not open web browser but gedit

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. create a bookmark (e.g. drag 'n drop the favicon in firefox to the
desktop. That creates a .desktop-file)
2. open that .desktop-file via file-browser-applet

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I would expect to open firefox this bookmark like a doubleclick in nautilus
does. Instead gedit opens that .desktop-file.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
0.6.4 on Ubuntu 9,10

The content of the bookmark-.desktop-file:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Verknüpfung mit Epiphany: The web browser for the GNOME desktop
Type=Link
URL=http://projects.gnome.org/epiphany/
Icon=gnome-fs-bookmark

Kind regards,
Florian

Original issue reported on code.google.com by bugie...@gmail.com on 6 Jan 2010 at 8:48

• Merged into: #72

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Hi there,

Yep, I get that behaviour as well. And Nautilus can't open the file either; I 
get an
 unknown file type error.

Also, I think this is the same problem described in bug #72 so I will merge the 
two.

a.

Original comment by bertol...@gmail.com on 7 Jan 2010 at 4:16

• Changed state: Duplicate
• Added labels: Priority-High
• Removed labels: Priority-Medium

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Note: On my system firefox 3.5 opens that .desktop file after a doubleclick in 
nautilus.

Original comment by bugie...@gmail.com on 7 Jan 2010 at 5:24