"Failed to execute default File Manager: Input/output error"
Solution 1
This is a problem caused by setting the "open with" command for folders to "terminal"
Fix from command line:
mimeopen -d ~/Desktop/
You will get this:
Please choose a default application for files of type inode/directory 1) Open Folder (nautilus-folder-handler) 2) Other... use application #
Choose Nautilus and you fixed the problem!
Solution 2
I had a similar problem, although I believe mine was caused by associating an application with a filetype in Firefox. Running the mimeopen -d ~/Desktop/
command didn't work, but this command did:
exo-preferred-applications -c
In the window that appears, change your default file manager back to your usual choice.
Jiew Meng
Web Developer & Computer Science Student Tools of Trade: PHP, Symfony MVC, Doctrine ORM, HTML, CSS, jQuery/JS Looking at Python/Google App Engine, C#/WPF/Entity Framework I hope to develop usable web applications like Wunderlist, SpringPad in the future
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Jiew Meng over 1 year
I am getting the below error when I try to go Places > Home Folder for example. I can run
nautilus
manually though. -
Jiew Meng almost 13 yearsThis appears to be a 1 time fix only? The next time I try opening the folder, I get the same problem?
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moein kh about 9 yearsthanks this is really work.really thanks you can't understand how it's help me.
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jave.web about 6 yearsNot even this worked for me... So I was forced to install PCManFM and
sudo apt purge nautilus
, bookmarks remained :)