Re: cannot run executable files

[Alexander Larsson <alexl redhat com>]

On Wed, 2004-05-05 at 16:00, Anthony R. Mattke wrote:
> I've just recently started having a problem with nautilus not wanting to
> run programs when I double click on them. It brings up a dialog box
> saying "There is no action associated with "<FILENAME>". etc etc.
> 
> Anyone have any clue on a possible quick fix to this.. I'm sure its just
> something in my users configuration that got garbled. Everything works
> fine on other user accounts on this machine.

Stupid question. Is the executable bit set?
What type does the property dialog show for the file?

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