Ubuntu – way to stop Dropbox from opening Firefox as its default when viewing the Dropbox webpage

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I have Dropbox installed on my Ubuntu desktop 12.10, I also have Firefox and Chrome installed. Chrome is my default browser, I have checked in my mimeapps.list and its all correct. Yet for some reason the integration of Dropbox opens Firefox when I use the "Launch Dropbox website" option from the menu, is there a file somewhere this is looking at as I would like it to open in Chrome which I mostly have already running than launching a new instance of Firefox?
Or could this be a Dropbox bug?

Best Answer

I had similar problem with my Xubuntu 13.04 and I solve it with this commands.

$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser

  Selection    Path                Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
  0            /usr/bin/opera              200       auto mode
* 1            /usr/bin/chromium-browser   40        manual mode
  2            /usr/bin/firefox            40        manual mode
  3            /usr/bin/opera              200       manual mode

Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:

x-www-browser was set right because I want to use chromium-browser but problem was with next command where for gnome-www-browser was set opera.

$ sudo update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser

    Selection    Path                Priority   Status
------------------------------------------------------------
* 0            /usr/bin/opera              200       auto mode
  1            /usr/bin/chromium-browser   40        manual mode
  2            /usr/bin/firefox            40        manual mode
  3            /usr/bin/opera              200       manual mode

Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:

So you just need to select the browser you want to use, in my case its chromium-browser, so I entered number 1 and it solve my problem with Lunch Dropbox Website in different browser.

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