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While working on a website I had problem of file not opening when I double click them or choose open from right click menu. I had set the default opener for .html file geany, but no matter what I do it wouldnt open. I tried changing it to text editor (gedit) but none of the file would open with the default program.

After investigating the problem was the text file had +x (execute) permission on them. And I had set preference in nautilus to run executable text files when they are opened. So every time I was trying to open the text file it was running instead of opening.


The solution is simple:

1. Either remove the execute permission of the text files
2. Or In Nautilus-Preference-Behavior-Executable Text Files Change option to view executable text files when they are opened