How to set PcManFm as the default file manager?

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Published on 2012-11-03T10:12:09Z Indexed on 2012/11/03 11:19 UTC
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I think Nautilus is so slow, and I'd like to move to PCmanFM, but didn't find any good tips how to do this in Ubuntu 12.10.

I have PCmanFM installed already, and I even changed:

$ sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/nautilus-folder-handler.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Files
Comment=Access and organize files
Exec=pcmanfm %U
Icon=system-file-manager
Terminal=false
NoDisplay=true
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;Core;
MimeType=inode/directory;application/x-gnome-saved-search;
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=nautilus
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.2.1
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nautilus

Still slow Nautilus is default one.

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