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devuan excalibur/freia hijack mimeopen Downloads/ #3076

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Describe the bug
when installed on devuan 64bit excalibur/freia asper the web sight (https://vscodium.com/)
it changes the mimeopen Downloads/ to VSCodium.
where it should be mimeopen Downloads/ pcmanfm.
full explanation:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=8255

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  • This bug doesn't happen if I use Microsoft's Visual Studio Code. It only happens in VSCodium.

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  • OS: [e.g. Mac OS, Ubuntu 20.04, etc]
  • Architecture [e.g. x64, ia32, arm64]
  • Version [e.g. 1.33.0]
  • App Manager [e.g. Winget, Homebrew, Snap, AUR, RPM, Nix, ...]
  • Sandboxed [e.g. no, Flatpak, Snap]

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  1. daiyam commented on Oct 20, 2026

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    As many non-file-manager applications, VSCodium advertise inode/directory in the .desktop file to enable folder-specific features.

    If VSCodium is installed before you sets a default file manager, it may inadvertently become the default handler for opening folders.
    You need to manual reconfigure it via the xdg-mime default command.

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