Wine install sets Windows applications as defaults

[ColOfNature]

As the title says: when I install Wine the install process sets Windows apps as the defaults for opening various common file types. Why? Linux has generally superior applications available, and it's a pain to have to change the default back for file type - not to mention the fact that I'm left with context menu entries for a bunch of "Open with" type items I neither need nor want. Can this be made optional?

[dimesio]

As the title says: when I install Wine the install process sets Windows apps as the defaults for opening various common file types. Why? Linux has generally superior applications available, and it's a pain to have to change the default back for file type - not to mention the fact that I'm left with context menu entries for a bunch of "Open with" type items I neither need nor want. Can this be made optional?

http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-c847a3d ... d4c7ae042a

[ColOfNature]

Oh. Thanks!

[ColOfNature]

Actually, this isn't much use as it's only possible to use any of these methods *after* Wine is installed. It doesn't make any difference to the way that when I install Wine it sets the default application for opening text in my Linux system to be Notepad. My default web browser becomes Internet Explorer. That's what I want to prevent.

[vitamin]

Actually, this isn't much use as it's only possible to use any of these methods *after* Wine is installed.

To remove all file associations to Wine remove all these files:

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~/.local/share/applications/wine-extension-*.desktop