My Gnome (registry) is b0rken.

[Ted Roche]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 8:37 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken at jots.org> wrote:
> Running Ubuntu; if I go to Places -> $MOSTANYCHOICE (e.g., "Home Folder"),
> lo! My vlc starts up, and I'm watching Ghostbusters.  And, while
> Ghostbusters is not to be sneered at, it's unlikely to offer the directory
> listing for which I'm looking.

All together, now: "Who you gonna call? G-N-H-LUG!"

See if some of the suggestions here help:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1704221

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