I experience the same problem after upgrading from 8.04 to 8.10. For me, gnome-panel tried to open the Places folders with QCad. I took the tact of un-installing QCad, but then gnome-panel started trying to open everything with VLC.
-- opening a directory using an application change associations incorrectly https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/260492 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is a bug assignee. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs