(Solved) Caja in SalixOS 14.0 64bit - Xfce

[loukingjr]

I installed Caja from the Mate repos just because I like it and some cosmetic reasons. My issue is, when I launch it using caja --no-desktop it opens 6 copies of itself. Any one know why or how to fix it?

thanks

[sqlpython]

Adding --sync to caja.desktop could solve this problem
Or
-n
as in

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[Desktop Entry]
Name=Desktop
Exec=caja -n
Icon=user-desktop
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false
NoDisplay=true
OnlyShowIn=MATE;
X-MATE-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=MATE
X-MATE-Bugzilla-Product=caja
X-MATE-Bugzilla-Component=general
X-MATE-Bugzilla-Version=1.5.2
X-MATE-Autostart-Phase=Desktop
X-MATE-Autostart-Notify=true
X-MATE-AutoRestart=true
X-MATE-Provides=filemanager

[loukingjr]

thanks. the problem seems to be that when Caja is installed it creates more than one .desktop file and although I had the one with --no-desktop visible it seems SalixOS/Slackware was also seeing the others and going into a loop. I deleted all but one .desktop file and now it's fine.

[witek]

thanks. the problem seems to be that when Caja is installed it creates more than one .desktop file and although I had the one with --no-desktop visible it seems SalixOS/Slackware was also seeing the others and going into a loop. I deleted all but one .desktop file and now it's fine.

Where are those files? I experience the problem with multiple caja instances but cannot find those files.

[loukingjr]

thanks. the problem seems to be that when Caja is installed it creates more than one .desktop file and although I had the one with --no-desktop visible it seems SalixOS/Slackware was also seeing the others and going into a loop. I deleted all but one .desktop file and now it's fine.

Where are those files? I experience the problem with multiple caja instances but cannot find those files.

they are in /user/share/applications. they are named "File Manager" but, so is Thunar so you have to check which are which.

[witek]

they are in /user/share/applications. they are named "File Manager" but, so is Thunar so you have to check which are which.

You mean /usr/share/applications? Could you please give me the exact path to such a file with its filename? I cannot locate where you described.

[loukingjr]

they are in /user/share/applications. they are named "File Manager" but, so is Thunar so you have to check which are which.

You mean /usr/share/applications? Could you please give me the exact path to such a file with its filename? I cannot locate where you described.

sorry yes, /usr/share/applications as I said the file names are "File Manager" and there will be a few. You need to open each one with an editor to see which are for Caja and which are for Thunar. Look for the copy that has the line that starts Exec=caja --no-desktop and comment out the line that says OnlyShowInMate. You can delete the other File Manager .desktop files that are for Caja.

[witek]

Strange, as I don`t have this files.

[loukingjr]

Strange, as I don`t have this files.

you did say you have Caja installed yes? In the XFCE version of Salix?

[witek]

Yes, in xfce version. I have also Mate installed but I use Xfce and caja instead of thunar.